I'm not sure how often they change the books, but for the first year, we used Fundamentals of Nursing by Craven and Medical-Surgical Nursing by Lewis. I suggest reading some HESI or NCLEX books...
check it out. http://www.trumancollege.edu/documents/NursingRankingandSelectionprocess.pdf i'm in their nursing program right now. i graduate in may. it's not easy by any means... but it goes by fast...