good books for first year adult nursing?

im not going to uni until march so wanted to do a little background reading before starting. any good books that can be recommended?

thanks :smile:

Reply 1

James1977

Original post by Northumbrianursing

im not going to uni until march so wanted to do a little background reading before starting. any good books that can be recommended?

thanks :smile:

Have you tried contacting your university to see what they recommend or if they have a reading list?

I phoned the university and left my details, receiving an email from a tutor a day later with a list of some relevant books for the start of year one.

She made a strong point about not wishing to provide an 'everything you'll need for three years' list because it could be a little overwhelming as well as expensive to procure.

Reply 2

anon2010

Original post by Northumbrianursing

im not going to uni until march so wanted to do a little background reading before starting. any good books that can be recommended?

thanks :smile:

Guessing by your user name your going to Northumbria :smile:

If so....

Go to this page : http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/?view=CourseDetail&code=UUFNSA1&page=modules

Click on each modular and it tells you what books and resources they use under 'INDICATIVE READING LIST OR OTHER LEARNING RESOURCES'

Reply 3

Northumbrianursing

Original post by anon2010

Guessing by your user name your going to Northumbria :smile:

thanks

Reply 4

Annie72

I can recommend the following:

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=9780702029462

and

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=9781444335101

Hope this helps

Reply 5

wizardtop

Original post by Northumbrianursing

im not going to uni until march so wanted to do a little background reading before starting. any good books that can be recommended?

thanks :smile:

I would recommend some of the following text books Northumbrianursing some books will be more expensive costwise than others,so u need to look on websites such as amazon and especialy e-bay for seconded hand nursing books but are some of my recommendations:-
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Sixth Edition (Royal Marsden Nhs Trust)
Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home -- The Adult [Paperback]
Foundations of Nursing Practice: Fundamentals of Holistic Care [Paperback]
Common Foundation Studies in Nursing [Paperback]
no student nurse cant do without this quite essential book which is

The Student Nurse Handbook: A Survival Guide [Paperback]

The rest of the books i have recommened Northumbriannursing can be quite expensive at between 20-30 pounds thats why it maybe worth you while if you could get them second hand.
If you going to be doing adult nursing i think rather the Royal Marsden book or Nursing Practive Hospital and Home will come into its own.

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Reply 6

Northumbrianursing

Original post by wizardtop

thanks

are you doing nursing atm, or are you a nurse?

Reply 7

wizardtop

Original post by Northumbrianursing

thanks

are you doing nursing atm, or are you a nurse?

nope i am not a nurse atm Northumbriannursing,i have friends who are nurses hence i know what types of nursing books u need as that whats they used when they were doing their training.I am looking into Mental health Nursing at the mo but i would need to do a Access to He and get a few GCSEs first before i did apply.