Recommendations, please!

I love my "Care Plans Made Incredibly Easy" book. It is one of the few that I have seen that organizes the diagnoses by organ system

We use the Davis' book and my school provided access on our iPads to a great app called Nursing Central. It also has lab values and I use it all the time.

Care plan for nurses by Perry & Potter, its really good and easy to understand. Good luck!!

I haven't put either to use, yet, but these are required by my program:

1. Pearson Nurse's Drug Guide 2013

2. Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 10th ed.

Don't screw around with derivatives. Get the definitive book for nursing diagnosis. NANDA-I 2012-2014, $29 at Amazon, free 2-day delivery. Get it even if your faculty forgets to put it on the book list. Check out a lot of those "Help me with my care plan!" threads to see why.

i swear by saunders drug guide, it works best for me. and the "_____made incredibly easy" is the best aid i use.

i swear by saunders drug guide it works best for me. and the "_____made incredibly easy" is the best aid i use.[/quote']

I was wondering if the made incredibly easy books were worth buying since they're like $45 each lol so it's nice to hear good feedback!

I was wondering if the made incredibly easy books were worth buying since they're like $45 each lol so it's nice to hear good feedback!

there like $10-20 on half.com. they dont need to be the newest, just within the past 5 years. for instance the ECG interpretation book hasn't changed anything except images in the past 10 years.

if you are allowed to carry a smartphone during clinicals consider downloading the Micromedex app by Truven. Free for drugs, but small charge for other data.

For those not able to put out for Nursing Central Apps, there are some free ones: Epocrates, Skyscape, and Psych Drugs apps for free.

If you're using textbooks from Elsevier/Evolve, they have excellent online (some free) resources and care plans. You don't have to buy the books (or have codes) for some of the resources.