 | A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward by Ann Richards BA(HONS) MSC RGN DIPN(LON) RNT
Buy used from: £10.50 If you haven't got this for your first placement, then you should. Have used it lots in class too, as lightweight enough to carry in bag all the time.
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 | Minidictionary for Nurses (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Buy used from: £0.01 Another portable book to carry in bag. Illustrations and tables were especially useful.
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 | BMA New Guide to Medicine and Drugs
Buy used from: £3.02 Good starting point in first year, but found needed something more in-depth in 2nd and 3rd years.
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 | Illustrated Pharmacology for Nurses (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Paul Sinnott
Buy new: £23.53 / Used from: £41.62 Nicely illustrated and easy to understand. Useful in 3rd year.
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 | Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness by Janet S. Ross
Buy used from: £69.83 Have used this book so much, as it is easy to understand, well illustrated. It has a piece in each chapter about diseases and disorders.
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 | The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Sixth Edition (Royal Marsden Nhs Trust) by Lisa Dougherty
Buy used from: £19.99 This book never went back on the shelf I have used it so much. The local trust based their polices on this. Gave me the confidence to perform clinical procedures.
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 | Nursing Calculations by J.D. Gatford
Buy used from: £1.90 Essential. Found this especially useful with IV therapies
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 | Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient (Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses)
Buy used from: £9.74 Bought this book to use on my ITU placement, but have been using in on the wards aswell. Love the pocket size, as could have this on hand al the time
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 | Patient-centred Ethics and Communication at the End of Life by David Jeffrey
Buy new: £20.85 / Used from: £29.41 A really good book on nursing ethics. Practical advice on communicating with patients over difficult decisions
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 | Nursing Research: Principles, Process and Issues by Kadar Parahoo
Buy used from: £4.72 Invaluable, especially as doing the degree course. Useful when undertaking the literature review and critiquing research
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