Which Medical Dictionary...

[ileany11]

should i get for my classes... they have 2 that they want us to choose from but what's the difference? do any of you have either one or know of both, any direction would be greatly appreciated!!! they want us to have either Mosby's Medical Dictionary 6th edition or the Tabers Cyclopedia medical dictionary...

so what is it which one do ytou have or prefer thanks!

[fnimat1]

I guess I'm the odd nursing student out...lol. I have the Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health by Miller and Keane. It is a wonderful book and it has been very useful to me thus far. The ISBN # is 0721697917

Fatima

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

I guess I'm the odd nursing student out...lol. I have the Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health by Miller and Keane. It is a wonderful book and it has been very useful to me thus far. The ISBN # is 0721697917

Fatima

I have that one as well. Got it for Christmas in 2002. I'd hate to have seen the price of it.

[FutureNurse2005]

I currently have Dorlands, but will have to upgrade next semester. They want us to use Mosby's

[Energizer Bunny]

I have Taber's and love it. It also comes with a three month free membership to their website where you can print out all kinds of information. I am sure that I will be joining the website when my three months is up!

[NeoRNtobe]

I was told to get Mosby's and I like it but I've never seen tabers

[CindyJRN]

I still have my dogeared well used Taber's I bought in 1987 for my LPN program. I keep meaning to buy a new edition, but my old one has never let me down....

[RedSox33RN]

I have that one also, Fatima.

I had to get Taber's for my nursing classes. I have the book version, but also purchased the PDA version. I can't tell you how often not only *I* have referred to it, but everyone in my clinical makes use of it also. Even my instructor borrows my PDA - she didn't know they had software programs! She thought they were all glorified address books and appt calendars. :chuckle

[RN-TO-BE]

Tabers

[Gigglesforall, BSN, RN]

I have a Mosby's, but the Tabers seems very useful too. Does it have pictures though? The Mosby's has a lot of really good and graphic pictures for so many different things, I really like it.

[EmilyCCRN]

I have Taber's and love it. It also comes with a three month free membership to their website where you can print out all kinds of information. I am sure that I will be joining the website when my three months is up!

I love the website, too! Taber's is definitely my preference between the two.

[fnimat1]

I have that one as well. Got it for Christmas in 2002. I'd hate to have seen the price of it.

I bought it for $39.95 at my college bookstore. So it wasn't too bad.

Fatima

[HisHands, ASN, RN]

We are required to have Tabers, but I have both.... and find that what one may not explain in layman's terms, the other does. That's my recommendation. You can even get the paperback Mosby's for, I think, under $10.00. Just a thought. :)