Need to Review and Can't Afford a Refresher Course - Please Help

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I was previously an ER and ICU nurse who became ill five years ago. I'm doing better and want to go back to work part-time but I know that there have been changes. I want to make sure I'm proficient and intend to review through self-study.

In the student nurses forum I found links to first year lectures and meds, etc. Not sure how much help that will be but hey, at this point, I'll take anything! A review of the basics won't hurt.

Can you recommend a good med-surg book, a pharm book and anything else you think is appropriate? I am a little concerned about the meds that have been approved since I last worked.

I've reviewed ACLS, some surprizing changes there! While you're advising me - would you care to recommend a unit or discipline? I'm not too eager to work in ER again even though at one time I wouldn't have worked anywhere else.

Thank you so much for your time.

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Pick up a Saunders NCLEX review. And good luck!

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Thanks!

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http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Ann-Hogan/e/B001IGSKMA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Mary Ann Hogan is the bomb. Get the book for the nclexrn and you will get a more technical review of well, everything. I have that one and I still look up stuff in it. The reason I say technical, because now that you don't have a silly exam to take, you can concentrate on the stuff you gotta know. I don't have any of her other books, but someday I might spring for one.

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Go to this site and scroll down to the "Top 200" list: RxList - The Internet Drug Index for prescription drugs, medications and pill identifier If you are doing a pharm review this site is fantastic. In my last semester in the BSN program, we had a test on the top 100 meds prescribed in America. We had to know trade name and generic name; side effects; black label warnings (if any); indications; and patient education. Using this site, I got a 98%.

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Thank you to all! I was always proud to be a nurse and just looking up information makes me excited to get back!

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

You can always look on youtube for skills refreshers, there are also a lot of Made Incredibly Easy books, NCLEX Q&A review style books. There are MANY continuing ed courses at local community colleges and online that could help you too.

I found this one series of books I thought was amazing, Pharmacology Success: A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Success) this book had features such as ECG strips: What med would you think the patient would be on if the strip looked like this?

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Thanks again all! I found this wonderful flash card site. Has almost anything you would want to look up:

lMedical Flashcards

Great for a review.

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is mary ann hogan comprehensive for nclex rn good? I have it here but it's too big and dry :( Is it way better than saunders? thanks

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dry's what I'm looking for..........glad you mentioned it!

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@cathyRN06---dry? u mean the author of the book name dry? what i meant by it is the mary ann hogan is too thivk abd dry (boring)..

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@cathyRN06---dry? u mean the author of the book name dry? what i meant by it is the mary ann hogan is too thivk abd dry (boring)..

:) no, I meant dry....as in technical, facts and figures, rationale's, meds. Maybe I should have clarified that statement. I don't want to take the time for fluff!

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