I have roughly a year before the direct entry BSN/MSN 18 month program I have been admitted to will start. I would LOVE suggestions on what to read beforehand so I can take *some* of the edge off such an accelerated program.
Here’s what I have read already / *am reading now:
Biology, by Campbell
Microbiology, by Prescott
Anatomy & Physiology, by Seeley
Clinically Oriented Anatomy, by Moore *
Pathophysiology, by Porth *
General Chemistry, by Gammon
Organic Chemistry, by Klein *
Principles of Biochemistry, by Lehninger *
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, by Katzung *
Abnormal Psychology, by Barlow *
Development Through the Lifespan, Berk *
I have no clue where to start on books about nursing theory / fundamentals. Most of the above was either required by prerequisites, or seemed to me to be a good idea.
Oh, you may want to check out some community college offering those and see if your nursing program will taken them. Nursing credits I heard are hard to transfer, but knocking off 9 credit hours of science would be nice.
I did an online/hybrid pathophysiology course where you just showed up at the campuses' testing center 4 times in the semester. This was like 6 years ago, before classes went so digital, so I'd be willing to bet there is a community college there doing it 100% online, especially with all this covid stuff. In NM, all of their nursing programs allow you to take it before getting accepted to the nursing program, pathophysiology 2 too.
Same thing goes for Pharm. There is a state community college in houston called Lee College that offers pharmacology online that they apply to their nursing program as well that you don't have to be accpeted into their nursing program to take.
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Oh, you may want to check out some community college offering those and see if your nursing program will taken them. Nursing credits I heard are hard to transfer, but knocking off 9 credit hours of science would be nice.
I did an online/hybrid pathophysiology course where you just showed up at the campuses' testing center 4 times in the semester. This was like 6 years ago, before classes went so digital, so I'd be willing to bet there is a community college there doing it 100% online, especially with all this covid stuff. In NM, all of their nursing programs allow you to take it before getting accepted to the nursing program, pathophysiology 2 too.
Same thing goes for Pharm. There is a state community college in houston called Lee College that offers pharmacology online that they apply to their nursing program as well that you don't have to be accpeted into their nursing program to take.