Recommended Reference Books

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Hi.. I was wondering if we could start a thread for recommended reference books. There are SO many out there. All at different prices and all at different teaching techniques in them.

Also, it'd be nice to know which ones we can buy an edition or two old. We definitely need a sticky for it! :-)

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So far, I recommend the made incredibly visual health assessment book. It's wonderful!

I bought Saunders nursing school survival guide pathophysiology 2nd edition. It came out in '07 I believe. Does anyone know if this would be okay? I didn't see a newer edition to it. So far, I really like it.

I'm going to look at my made incredibly easy dosage workout book whenever I get a chance to do so. I'll post about it as soon as I look at it.

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Since I'm not allowed to have handheld digital devices with nursing apps on the floor, I really like having RNotes (and sometimes LabNotes) as handy references.

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When it comes the Mosby Memory Notebooks and Memory Notecards, I've been able to find most the best images/mnemonics for free on various sites (Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.), including right here on this AllNurses thread of mnemonics.

If I was going to get one of them, I would choose the noteCARDS. They have colored images instead of black & white coloring pages (which I never have time to color) and they have far more info per image. The same image that is on a notebook page will be on the front of a notecard and then on the back of the card, there's even more info, some of it color-coded for patient teaching, nursing interventions, adverse events/complications.

Getting 5 or 6 notecard sets that are represented in the 3 notebooks is only a little more expensive for a format that I find more useful in terms of content and portability.

NOTEBOOKS

NOTECARDS

When I say "if I was going to get one" of these two series, I mean that they are lower on my priority list. I have found other resources more helpful. In particular, I really liked Mary Ann Hogan's Review & Rationale's series for Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, Fluids & Electrolytes and Assessment because they hit the highlights in the review part but have 50 NCLEX-style questions for each chapter (20 in the text and 30 on the CD).

The notecards are good, just not my first choice for supplements.

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When it comes the Mosby Memory Notebooks and Memory Notecards, I've been able to find most the best images/mnemonics for free on various sites (Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.), including right here on this AllNurses thread of mnemonics.

If I was going to get one of them, I would choose the noteCARDS. They have colored images instead of black & white coloring pages (which I never have time to color) and they have far more info per image. The same image that is on a notebook page will be on the front of a notecard and then on the back of the card, there's even more info, some of it color-coded for patient teaching, nursing interventions, adverse events/complications.

Getting 5 or 6 notecard sets that are represented in the 3 notebooks is only a little more expensive for a format that I find more useful in terms of content and portability.

NOTEBOOKS

[*]Volume 1

[*]Volume 2

[*]Pharmacology & Diagnostics

NOTECARDS

[*]Pharmacology

[*]Pathophysiology

[*]Assessment

[*]Fluids & Electrolytes

[*]OB/Peds/Women's Health

[*]There's also Medical Terminology (that is not covered in the Notebooks)

Wow! Thank you!! :-)

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Hi.. I was wondering if we could start a thread for recommended reference books. There are SO many out there. All at different prices and all at different teaching techniques in them.

Also, it'd be nice to know which ones we can buy an edition or two old. We definitely need a sticky for it! :-)

I just got Diseases and Disorders; a Nursing Therapeutics Manual by Marilyn Sawyer Sommers for med surg and I love this thing. Ever wonder "what he heck is that?" and "what do you do for that?" Well, here it is. It's very specific to nursing which will help if you need to create endless care plans and nursing interventions. I have the fourth edition.

I also got Davis' labs and diagnostics book, which is again, like a little Rosetta stone. Who knew that CK could have so many implications and applications! I feel like a little bit less of an idiot with this thing around. I have the third edition.

PS- I use my i-phone based drug guide and labs guide on the floor constantly. I've also shrunk and laminated cheat sheets. People who are anti-tech are missing the forest for the trees.

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love this thread!!!

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