Help Me Prepare for Nursing School, Please.

[careerdejour]

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post. I am about to embark on my fourth career. This time, in Nursing.

I am almost positive that I will be admitted to an accelerated BSN program starting in May. I am the type that tries to prepare for these kinds of things. I want to do the same in this case.

I am planning to purchase a bunch of the books titled ".....Made Increadibly Easy", or the Nursing Secrets series. What would you advise? Which ones are worth it and which one should I avoid.

Or do you have any other advice regarding what else I should be doing?

I will be very appreciative of any help you can offer.

Thank you.

[lmd32]

4th career, huh? That may put you one up on me. One nice thing about nursing is that there is plenty of variety. While nurses do get bored or burned out (just read the posts), they can often change to another type of nursing rather than a whole phase shift.

I like the "incredibly easy" series (and their siblings "ridiculously simple"). Some of them seem to start too simple for me but others I really need the basics. I particularly enjoyed patho made incredibly easy. I also like their NCLEX review books, mainly because they're organized by subject.

Check out the student nursing section. The "teach a student something a day" thread is very helpful in figuring out the basics of nursing school.

Good luck to you!

[unknown99, BSN, RN]

"Incredibly Easy" is the best!!!

There is also a book by Sylvia Rayfield, MN, RN, CNS, and Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, CS, GNP called NURSING MADE INSANELY EASY.

It is a book that you learn by using images, stories, acronyms, and mneumonics. IT has been a life saver thru nursing school!!

It is published by ICAN, Inc. Publishing.

GOOD LUCK!!!

[Agnus]

The incredibly easy series is great.

Now do not depend solely on these text to teach you the particular subjects they cover.

I used several of these. I found for instance that the pathophysiology one covered a very small handfull of things and did not cover them in debth but it did give me a sound basic understanding so that when I read my text on that subject it was easier to grasp. The electrolyte one was execllent primary source and the IV book I still have 4 years out of school and will probably keep forever.

To prepare I would suggest getting your CPR for health care providers now, getting any co- requeques as well as prereques out of the way.

make sure you gain support from those at home and have them undrstand that once you start there will be many responsibilities you will give up while in school.

Get a NCLEX review book and use it all though school Dont wait until graduation or close to graduation to get this book or crack its cover. Do it from the start.