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Good morning. I am attending my first class this Fall. (Fundementals of Nursing). NURS119 at JFK Muhlenberg in NJ. I was wondering if anyone has any pointers of how to prepare for that class in advance. Books, tips, etc...the booklist is very extensive and I expected that but didnt know exactly which book to order. Should I just get them all? Just trying to pro-active and get a little headstart over the summer. Best of luck to all.

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I would order all of the books that you are supposed to order. If your program says you need the books, then you need the books. I know when I went through my program, we used almost all of the books (minus a couple) in the first semester. As the semesters went on and the classes got more in depth, we ended up using all of the books.

Good luck!

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I would order all of the books that you are supposed to order. If your program says you need the books, then you need the books. I know when I went through my program, we used almost all of the books (minus a couple) in the first semester. As the semesters went on and the classes got more in depth, we ended up using all of the books.

Good luck!

Thanks for the advice. Kind of figured that. You know how it is then. Sometimes we say to ourselves, " If i knew I would have..." much like my pre reqs. Thanks a bunch.

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Thanks for the advice. Kind of figured that. You know how it is then. Sometimes we say to ourselves, " If i knew I would have..." much like my pre reqs. Thanks a bunch.

No problem!

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Definitely get all the books that are required. If your program is anything like mine the books that you get during the first semester are used throughout the entire program. My list contained about 20 books just a little over half are required for first semester. I did decide to get a couple of the books on the recommended list such as a tabers medical dictionary since my internet connection may not always be reliable.

If you have the list of books that you need definitely start searching for them on Amazon or other sites that you can get your books for a discounted price. My program told us we could expect to spend about $1000 on our books, on Amazon I spent less than $500 for everything with many of my books being brand new.

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Great thanks. Was looking at Amazon also. Some of the books that are required are not in stock on the Rittenhouse site they recommend. Thanks again.

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I would order all of the books that you are supposed to order. If your program says you need the books, then you need the books. I know when I went through my program, we used almost all of the books (minus a couple) in the first semester. As the semesters went on and the classes got more in depth, we ended up using all of the books.

Good luck!

Not always -- our professors publish a semester book list and make every book required so that financial aid will pay for them (some financial aid will not cover the cost of "suggested" books) but they always let us know which ones are actually required for class and which ones they are suggesting we purchase. :)

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203bravo are u @ JFK?...Thanks for the info.

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Not always -- our professors publish a semester book list and make every book required so that financial aid will pay for them (some financial aid will not cover the cost of "suggested" books) but they always let us know which ones are actually required for class and which ones they are suggesting we purchase. :)

I guess every program is different. So OP, this question would probably be best asked to your professors.

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Did that... she replied, " Booklist is posted on the website."...lol....

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Did that... she replied, " Booklist is posted on the website."...lol....

I would play it safe, honestly, and get all of them. You're gonna need them anyway, right?

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Just ordered them all on Amazon saved 150 bucks. Good stuff. Thanks and good luck.

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