Taking Med/Surg next semester! What helped u?

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Ok guys/gals

First of all, congrats on making thru NS>

Ist semester of NS is almost over.Yeah!

Next semester we start Med/Surg and Pharmacology,etc. I am hearing that Med/Surg is really tough. Besides your textbook, what supplemental book or method/habit really helped u or made it(ms/surg) easy to understand or handle?

We have 3 weeks xmas break, what's your recommendation while I am on xmas break?

Tks

I think the last poster might have been referring to 'fluid and electrolytes made easy' It is a great book. I have an organization sheet I used for clinicals and now use for work. If your interested feel free to PM me your email address and I'll send you a copy,

Hey Jen, I'm starting med/surg this semester as well, orientation tomorrow! I would love it if you could send me a copy of your organizational sheet, that was one of one my biggest things last semester, I just didn't really know how to organize myself and it seemed all the nurses I was paired with didn't know how to either. You can e-mail it to [email protected].. I really appreciate it.

And I agree fluids and electrolytes made easy is a great book, just a suggestion, buy the earlier editions off half.com or amazon and you can get it for as cheap as $12!

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I've never had the time to read every bit of assigned reading in this text that weighs almost as much as I do! So, what helped me get concepts, conditions, causes, tx, nursing priorities etc in a flash was: "Straight A's in Medical-Surgical Nursing" by Lippincott. It is a very condensed version of conditions by body system. Also, to get the bigger concepts that will be the basis of understanding med-surg: "Manual of I.V. Therapeutics by Lynn Dianne Phillips, 4th edition, and the ISBN number is0-8036-1187-0(pbk). This book is very easy to read format, yet explains some difficult concepts like acid-base balance, fluids and electrolytes, and much more. Good Luck! SG

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Specializes in Emergency Dept, ICU.

Those NCLEX test question review books helped me the most, but that is just specific to my program. Study hard and good luck :)

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Those NCLEX test question review books helped me the most, but that is just specific to my program. Study hard and good luck :)

I also used the NCLEX study guides. Big help! SG

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