SPC NUR 1021C Textbooks/Cost

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Are there any SPC students that started NUR1021C in the Spring? What textbooks are required and do you remember the approx. cost?

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The school will provide you with a full textbook list at orientation.

The school just "fired" the on campus book store company so it is in a state of flux........

Hold off and get all your books online....I got mine at Amazon.......

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Fired eFollett....wow!

Can you recommend one of the textbooks to read over the summer?

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Are there any SPC students that started NUR1021C in the Spring? What textbooks are required and do you remember the approx. cost?

Nope. What I suggest fo you over the summer is to have fun and relax. Spend as much time as you can with friends and familiy.

School is going to be hell....enjoy your freedom while you can

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LOL! Thanks for the advice! :)

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

Moved to FL Nursing Programs for more response.

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Congrats on getting into the program. I just graduated and can give you the following advice regarding books:

1. Agree with above post - you'll do much better buying them online Amazon and Half.com are great sites.

2. Don't buy EVERYTHING on the books list. You'll need all the text books but can get away with not having many of the other books, like the workbooks (although they can be a good study tool, just depends on how you learn) You can also spread out your purchases... They'll tell you to buy ALL your books at the begining of the program, but you won't really need the Pharm, Maternity, Psych or Peds book in you're first semester... The only reason they have people buy EVERYTHING is to keep everyone together in case a newer edition becomes available...

3. Speaking of Edition #'s you can save big $$ buy using an earlier edition. Example they are using the 8th edition of the Lewis and Heitkemper book but you can probably get the 7th edition for around $10.00 on Half.com - The page numbers won't match what's on the sylibus but the content between editions doesn't change much - Simply borrow a friends "NEW" book and make sure you're reading the same content - I used previous editions for Peds, Maternity and Pharm and had NO trouble.

Do the reading, work hard during clinicals and utilize the available resources and you'll be fine.

Best of Luck!

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Thanks! I have not been accepted yet but am crossing fingers that I will start in the Fall. The application period ends today and we are supposed to hear back by July 1st

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