RN-BSN students: Do I have to buy all the books?

jadiva · Aug 10, 2014

I graduated Dec 2013. I did not buy any books. I rented them from bookrenter and some folks from chegg and turned them back in when the class was done. I own nothing from the BSN. I'm about the start the MSN and I rented my books as well.

annie_m · Aug 10, 2014

I tend to buy my books used from amazon or rent them. Much easier

Vaye · Aug 10, 2014

Hello! I'm new to this forum. I'm in the RN-BSN program and this semester I'm planning to take Research and leadership & management. A friend gave me her books but I think both book are from previous version. You guys think, I'll be ok with those book or should I buy the newest version? I heard resarch is a nightmare. How can I prepare for the quizzes?

Thank you in advance.

Hey_RN · Aug 24, 2014

Hi!

I started out buying the books but then I realized that was a waste of money because I was informed about the website... Bookrenter.com

They have great prices and the shipping is free to and from! I strongly recommend them. It is stupid to purchase all of these textbooks and then only (barely) use them for a few weeks. Once book that I definitely remember needing 100% was for the health assessment course!

Good luck!

MikeH2013 · Aug 24, 2014

The only book you would be required to buy is if you take the elective 'Medical Terminology' - if you choose not to buy the book, you would still have to purchase the course code, so it's a wash. The other books that I would recommend buying are for the assessment course. I still use the small pocket version of the assessment book in my practice and keep it with me at work as it is really useful as a reference.

You do not need the APA 6 book. Flow (now Pro-Quest Flow)/RefWorks, EndNote Web (all available free through the UTA library) will properly format your references, and better yet, will save links back to your cited papers so that you can retrieve the .pdf's with a click of the link. Purdue Owl, an online APA guide, has as much information as you will ever need regarding APA format. You may not have learned about reference managers, but if you are planning on taking the next step or two, it would be a good idea to learn more.