Students' top book recommendations

[AOx1]

What are the most helpful books you've had in school? I am trying to put together a list of the most useful books (ex- study guides, care plan helps, etc) from a student point-of-view. Thanks for any input.

[Codeman]

There is a book that helps with proper delegation and prioritization that has helped me a lot. It's called Prioritization, Delegation Assignment: Practice exercises for Medical-Surgical Nursing and it's by Linda A. LaCharity. I bought the review book for my Med-Surg textbook and the Saunders NCLEX-RN review book. A good review book with Questions & Answers with rationales helped me quite a bit before taking a test. Some of my classmates like to use Kaplan resources and they say the practice questions are a little more challenging. I hope this helps.

[study2Bnurse]

i'm a second year student with 6 weeks left in my last semester. here are two books that i would recommend.

diseases and disorders: a nursing therapeutics manual by sommers, johnson, beery isbn 0803613377

i got this book at the end of last semester and really wish that i had found it sooner. it has the patho, causes, life span considerations, assessment, nursing diagnoses, labs and tests, independent and collaborative interventions for each disease or condition. this is a book that i will refer to often in my practice. it would have been great to have when i was taking med/surg, as it gives a great overview of each condition. this has been most handy during clinicals, i keep it in my bag and refer to it often.

i definitely recommend this book!

another book that i have found quite helpful was:

visual nursing: a guide to diseases, skills, and treatments by springhouse isbn 1582556822

this book has great illustrations and diagrams that really simplify the various conditions. this also has labs and tests with great explanations. it's a good book that really simplifies the concepts and is great to use along with a med/surg text.

good luck, all!!

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