RNotes

[Angelica]

I'll be graduating in May 2003 from an ADN program, and I just received RNotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide from Amazon. I wish I had had it for clinical's from the beginning. It's pretty small (about 3x5.5 inches) and contains a lot of reference information covering many aspects of nursing, (too much to list). It also has assessment forms and schedule planners that you can write on-- the pages are plastic coated so you can wash them off. For anyone interested, the ISBN is 0-8036-1060-2.

[ashlea102188]

YES! I have had this since day 1 (it was recommended by my school) and RNotes is awesome! It is so worth it for clinicals. Practically anything you need to know is right at your fingertips

[annegracious85]

did u happen to get the 2009 version or 2007 version. Thanks for the recommendation!

[ashlea102188]

I'm not sure what edition I have. I'm assuming it's 2007 because someone gave it to me in 2009 after she had graduated. But it is worth the money!

[annegracious85]

Oh okay, thanks for the recommendation!~

[shrimpchips, LPN]

I love RNotes! I carry it to clinical with me :) My only gripe is that it can sometimes be hard to find information, even though they are tabbed off my sections but for example if you're trying to find some information on central lines, you know it's under the "Meds/IV" tab, but where? Other than that it's a great reference :)

[annegracious85]

maybe making your own tabs on the side of the book might help? I just ordered it on HALF.com

I bought, MEDSURG(2007), RNOTES (2006) and LABnotes(2009). For 63 dollars. The shipping was like 11.99! I still saved money since each of these books costs around 24.95 retail price. Half.com ripped me of my coupon. It applied 5 dollars off to the total of 63 dollars, but then when I checked out, it was back to the original price of 63 dollars, and not 58. ARGH. OH well...still saved 11.85.

I am worried that shipping might be slow. =( There is a blizzard here in MD.

[CharlieT]

Rnotes was a required book in my program. It was $25 in the bookstore, I got mine for less than half that on ebay. I seem to be the only one who carries one to clinical, have loaned it out a million times.