Somebody stop me!!

[RedSox33RN]

I'm so excited about nursing school, that I'm buying all these "review" books on eBay that I won't need for a year or more. I just got a great deal, though, on Nclex Review - RN - Made Incredibly Easy. So it's a year old? How outdated can the info be? Plus the CD is unopened? Does anyone else detect a pattern here of me trying to justify these purchases? :chuckle

Maybe I just needed a "buddy" book for the Kaplan review I bought but can't put down. :)

The good thing of all of this though is.......I've made my decision about which nursing school I'm going to go to. I've decided on the Catholic one, where I got the big scholarship. It's day like I wanted - clinicals are on Tuesday from 7-3, lecture is Mon and Wed from 7-10:45. That will leave me two additional days to take a course to maintain full-time status so I can have the scholarship. It's a lot more money, even with the scholarship, but really what I think will suit me best. Plus I think this may be the push I need to find my spiritual side again. :)

[S.N. Visit, BSN, RN]

OMG! You sound like me but I'm addicted to amazon.com :rotfl: I just bought a pharmacology book with a cd (still unopened). I won't have pharm for at least another year and that's even if I'm accepted. I do have all the nursing entrance exam books possible. Ooh, also I have several NCLEX RN stuff on my wish list, I just haven't pushed that "buy with one click button," for them yet!

I wish I could stop you, but someone needs to stop me first! :chuckle

[RedSox33RN]

Maybe they'll develop a therapy for both of us!!

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Wonder if Lippencott has a 12 step program for this stuff?

Sometime in April the local college library is having a "Medical Book Sale". Most books are no more than 5 bucks for a 150 dollar book. Guess who's going to be by the door at 8 am that morning?

[FutureNurse2005]

You are not alone! I belong to a Nursing Book Club and have already spent about $400 on books that I dont understand yet! lol

I figure most of it cant get outdated that quickly!

Enjoy them! I do!

What about setting up a book swap? Could you do that with your friends/fellow students?

[dramaluvr]

Go figure - I'm doing the same thing. I have ordered a ton of books from Ebay. I am so worried about doing poorly that I am reading them now so I don't fall behind. I always have the fear that I won't know enough so I just keep buying more. Glad to know I'm not alone:)

[ava'smomRN]

and i thouht i was alone......

[JillyT]

I have quite a library already -- ebay and Amazon are the way to go!!

FutureNurse2005, I didn't know about a book club. Maybe I shouldn't find out about that!! Sounds dangerous!! (shh...Okay do tell!)

[unknown99, BSN, RN]

I am addicted to Ebay......period!!!

However, the NCLEX books are good to have NOW!!! I have used mine clear through nursing school to study from. They have been extremely helpful. Not to mention the instructor takes some questions for tests from them.

[kimhaw]

OOh I have got to join a self-help group or something I got my acceptance letter 2 weeks ago and already have bought 2 books off of half.com and borrowed 3. Hmm Where is that library sale? LOL!!!

[Ruylupez]

You all really need to stop buying all those book on Ebay! Your driving up the prices so much I can't afford as many books as I want!

[zambezi, BSN, RN]

I'm so excited about nursing school, that I'm buying all these "review" books on eBay that I won't need for a year or more. I just got a great deal, though, on Nclex Review - RN - Made Incredibly Easy. So it's a year old? How outdated can the info be? Plus the CD is unopened?

About this...I used a NCLEX book that was two years old that I got from a used bookstore for 4.99...no cd. I just went through the whole book... seemed to work for me since I passed. Some people have a harder time studying, learn better from a lecture, or have test anxiety, so you have to do what works for you. A book that is a year or two old should work, depending on how you learn, especially for the basic concepts, IMHO.