How do you feel about using an old edition of a book for nursing school?

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I am about to start purchasing books for nursing school and I am trying to save some money by buying the older editions of the books I need. Do you think this will hinder me in the nursing program?

I received all my nursing books from a former student at my school. For a&p I used edition 5 and my school was using edition 6 it was literally the same book. The newer one just had more color and more pictures. I saved like $700 so I'm thankful

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Our teachers have told us NOT to get used editions. Then they came back with, "You can of course do whatever you want, but we teach from the new books". I guess the issue would be page numbers and maybe (just maybe, probably not) the newer book will have a different graph.

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When we first started at my school they did a "box set" of all the books we'd need at the book store. Some were used so the earlier you went the better. I know I went the first day I could and saved over $200...

I've found that most of the time if a book is one edition old there isn't much difference in the content. They change a few things around page numbers may vary but overall the info is the same. All about the $$

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