Will a Medical Terminology book help?

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Hello,

I'm finishing up my prereqs before starting NS in the fall. I would like to work at a hospital this summer to get a little experience and knowledge before I start since I have NO medical experience whatsoever!

I was online and I saw there are books on medical terminology. I was wondering if one of these would be beneficial before I go in knowing very little except what I learned in A&P.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.

Thanks! :heartbeat

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Definitely and you can probably get an old, used copy off Amazon for only a couple of bucks. I took a Veterinary Terminology class before nursing school and it has been so helpful. If you understand the pre-fixes and suffixes most times you can figure out what disease or process they are talking about. Good luck to you, Jules

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Specializes in ICU.
Definitely and you can probably get an old, used copy off Amazon for only a couple of bucks. I took a Veterinary Terminology class before nursing school and it has been so helpful. If you understand the pre-fixes and suffixes most times you can figure out what disease or process they are talking about. Good luck to you, Jules

I second that notion.

It was actually a required text as a first semester nursing student.

If my memory serves me right.. we actually had assignments/workbook exercises due prior to our first semester of school.

If you have no prior medical/healthcare knowledge.. it's a great help. HECK.. even with 10yrs prior healthcare experience... it helped me!

Best of luck

:paw:

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Yes, but I don't feel you need to waste your money on a new book. Try to find the older books. Look on e bay. You may be able to find a medical terminology site with activities such as match making.

It does help to know the terms, definitely.

Here is one of my favorite sites. www.freenursetutor.com

Good Luck!

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Thanks for the input! I'll check out some book websites and see what I can find! I think I'm going to need all the help I can get to make me feel a little more comfortable when I start!

KJ

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

i think your money would be much better spent on a good medical dictionary. there are a number of free medical terminology tutorials that you can access online without having to buy a textbook. the links for them are on this sticky thread:

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