Nursing textbooks question!

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Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

Wanted to get some opinions on this! I am applying for a program that requires you to take a few of the Nursing core classes before even applying - Pathophsyiology, Pharmacology, Dosage Calculations... I am taking all these classes this summer and am wondering if I should sell the books back or hang onto them in the future? Would you keep these books for reference/NCLEX study or sell them back? (I could really use the money to buy books for next semester!) How many of you used books from past semesters?

Thanks!!

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Specializes in Infusion.

Let's see.... we had pharm the first year of nursing school and I sold it back because I will be using my Davis's drug guide for reference. We don't have a separate patho-phys class or book but the path-phys is interwoven into the med-surg book and the specialties like peds and obstetrics. We absolutely needed some type of patho-phys reference to write up our patient preps but I don't believe you need that particular text book. Dosage calculations- I am surprised that people have entire classes and books on the subject. This is a pretty simple subject and the most I would want to keep around would be a pocket-sized reference guide.

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It would be a good idea to sell them back if you make a conscious decision to do up to date reference buying later in your nursing career. However, I would suggest you keep the books at least until you finish your program. But on the other hand, you don't know when a new edition will surface, so you don't want to lose out on getting top dollar for your texts.

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Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

I think I agree with the Dosage text... I guess they figured since it's so important to know, it warrants an entire course (although it is much shorter than our other courses). I do have a smaller book called Math for Nurses so I think I'll just stick with that and at least sell the Dosage book back. Thanks!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I never used any of my books after the semester. Shoot I hardly used any of them during the semester :| I am not a textbook person.

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Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

See I figure I better at least keep my A&P book... Mi Vida Loca, I love the quote beneath your comment about anuria!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
See I figure I better at least keep my A&P book... Mi Vida Loca, I love the quote beneath your comment about anuria!

Yea I was laughing so hard when I read it. A&P does come up a lot in nursing school, with the internet though I found it easier just to look something up if I needed clarification.

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Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

Is there a good Patho reference someone can recommend? Our book was pretty general...

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I would without a doubt sell the dosage calculation book unless you really have problems with the math!! Actually, if it were me, I would probably sell them all back while they're still worth a lot and if I decided I wanted to keep one later, I would just buy an older edition of it for a few bucks.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.
I never used any of my books after the semester. Shoot I hardly used any of them during the semester :| I am not a textbook person.

Braggart:p

xoxo

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Braggart:p

xoxo

Textbooks just aren't my thing. Lol I don't learn that way. :p

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Specializes in Cardiac Critical Care.

So any thoughts on a good Patho reference to get? Edited to add: I do have Mosby's patho memory cards!

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