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Rent the books that you need for only a semester, but your books you need for all semesters, recommended readings (you can use most of those guides when you become a nurse) and review books-great for NCLEX-style questions.
Find one that is specific to the subject at hand-The Success Series is an example of reviews for Fundamentals, Med-Surg, Peds, etc.
Buy whatever book(s) you use for NCLEX prep (Saunders, test taking strategy, etc.) and whatever book they recommend for med calc because you will need those more than one class. I would also buy (used) the med surg book and pharm book they have you get because you will likely have two semesters of those. Rent everything else and if there is something you cannot rent because it is not available, then sell it back at the end of the semester.
I wouldn't worry too much about the access code on that book. Access codes get you online content and are good mostly for practice tests online which you wont likely use in that subject. The only access code I (and most of my classmates) ever used was pharmacology.
Here's my advice, buy the important books that you will need throughout the program, for my adn program i bought my fundamentals and medsurg book. For my maternal - newborn course I rented it from chegg.com for $20 for the whole semester and I plan to rent the rest of the speciality course books from there as well. Please note that you my have to buy a new book if the course requires an access code.
direw0lf, BSN
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these are for my class called Foundations of Professional Nursing
1. Role Development in Professional etc (w/Access Code) Edition: 3rd
Role Development In Professional Nursing Practice / Edition 3 by Kathleen Masters | 9781449691509 | Paperback | Barnes & Noble
2. Guide to Code of Ethics for Nurses (2010 REISSUE)
Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application by Marsha Diane Mary Fowler | Barnes & Noble
3. Nursing: Scope & Stds of Practice (2010 Ed) Edition: 2nd
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 2nd edition, American Nurses Association (9781558102828) - Textbooks.com
Thanks in advance!