This is so crazy - Do I Need All These Books?

I don't think that is out of line... My required texts and technology came to around $1500 for the first semester and that was just for E-books, but we only needed one additional book for second semester and then we'll need a couple more next year. I spent a little more than that purchasing used hard copies of the books in addition to the e-books since that is how I prefer to study. I would definitely get in touch with a professor or a student who is further along in the program (Student Nurse Organization if you have one) and ask for tips on how to save on textbooks. That will probably help you prioritize what you really need to have right away and/or what can be purchased used. Good luck!

At least your program doesn't require you to buy a laptop and books í ½í¸Š

At least your program doesn't require you to buy a laptop and books ������

I don't know why those stupid question marks are there. I meant to say a laptop from them (to the tune of $1500) and text books. My wallet will be weeping come January (assuming I get in, of course).

I spent about $1500 on books at the start of my program (this covered books for both years) and yes, they all had to be bought new due to my desire to have access to the practice questions and other features the electronic codes unlock for you. I highly recommend buying new and buying all the books on the list. Nursing is not a degree that you can Wikipedia your way through. I use my text books ALL the time - for in-depth study on concepts I don't grasp in class, to write concept maps on pathophysiology/etiology/progression/treatment of various diseases, and for the practice questions as well.

See if there aren't recent grads or those in later semesters that are selling their books (the ones that don't require access codes). If a lot of these books are things like drug guides and lab guides and like a Taber's dictionary, oh and a nursing diagnosis guide - many of these references are available as an App (especially the drug guides) and are much more useful that way at clinical. The only one of these "guides" I ever used in book form was the nursing diagnosis book, and it will save your butt when you write care plans because you can look up diagnosis by illness, quickly. That said, all of that information is also available online (google a specific nursing diagnosis and you'll probably get the Davis's breakdown from the online reference) so it just depends on why the book is being required. I was fortunate and other than a few things that had software packages I was able to rent most of my books through Amazon Prime Student. However, again, a lot of my class sells their previous semester books to the next cohort. See if maybe there is a Facebook group for that for your school, that's how we do it.

Do you need them as in will they be useful? No, probably not. Although you may run across assignments that reference some of them.

Do you need them as in are they pertinent to nursing practice? Again, probably not.

Do you need them as in the school requires them and you may be penalized for not having them? It sure sounds like it.

I didn't bother buying a book if I wasn't going to use it for atleast a year, thank goodness. You can as well look into the international edition, the are way cheaper and is same context inside and out. That was the route I followed if I had to buy a textbook. Goodluck

I used all the books they required when writing care plans during nursing school. Borrowing would have been a really difficult. I purchased all my books first semester (~$800), then rented the rest of of the time through Amazon. I sold all my first semester books. Mainly I didn't want books around that I would have to move each time I changed houses, which ended up being once during nursing school and then a major move back to my home state after nursing school.

The only book I truly wish I still had as a practicing nurse is my Jarvis Physical Examination & Health Assessment book.

At least your program doesn't require you to buy a laptop and books ������

Haha, actually they do require a specific laptop which, fortunately, I already purchased months ago for $250 after receiving %50 off for it since it is sponsored with my program.

I don't know why those stupid question marks are there. I meant to say a laptop from them (to the tune of $1500) and text books. My wallet will be weeping come January (assuming I get in, of course).

Lol, my wallet's tears are all dried out.

I spent about $1500 on books at the start of my program (this covered books for both years) and yes, they all had to be bought new due to my desire to have access to the practice questions and other features the electronic codes unlock for you. I highly recommend buying new and buying all the books on the list. Nursing is not a degree that you can Wikipedia your way through. I use my text books ALL the time - for in-depth study on concepts I don't grasp in class, to write concept maps on pathophysiology/etiology/progression/treatment of various diseases, and for the practice questions as well.

Thank you, I figured that I should just purchase new and see it as an investment to my career...