Should I....?

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My friend that just graduated from the nursing program I am starting in a week and a half has been telling me to read all of these books to prep for school. One is a fluid and electrolyte book and another is a medical terminology book. She also told me to read a Pharm book. I have been looking at the books and I found that the fluid and electrolyte book to be a good refresher (I took Patho last year before we moved out of state- now I have to re-take it for this nursing program). However, I find myself wondering if I should be reading all of this now or just take a step back and relax with my kids for the next week and a half before I have no life or any time for my kids..?

What do you all think? I know she had an extremely hard time with patho because she had a bad background with A&P and just struggled horribly. I on the other hand have an excellent background in A&P (my teachers were AMAZING) and I have already taken patho...I feel almost ahead of the game in that respect...maybe I am being naive but I just feel like I might be wasting time that I could be enjoying with my kids before I have no time with them..what is your take? Did anyone read any prep books prior to starting school? Did it help you? I think that the pharm is going to be my biggest challenge but I don't want to cram a bunch of info in my head that I may or may not need to know for class...

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Specializes in Oncology.

I start in January too - my friends that are nurses told me to enjoy my family and friends now and worry about studying when classes begin. I sort of listened....I've brushed up on some A&P but not hardcore studying by any means!

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Relax and enjoy your time now. When school starts you will have plenty of reading to do.It really doesn't make any difference if you read stuff now.

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I agree. Just relax and enjoy your time now. Unless there has been specific readings assigned, I wouldn't be reading anything related to nursing at all until I had to. Time spent with family and friends is time you can't get back if you don't make use of it now. :)

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I'm reading ahead for my maternal/child class for next semester. During first semester I had to read the chapters twice for the info to stick on my mind. But that's just me:-)...you can read a chapter a day while your kids are sleeping or playing. iMO it would help a lot to brush up on the hard topics so when you go to lecture you already know what the teacher is talking about. Good luck!

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