Best nursing management books according to redditors

Nursing school can be an extremely stressful and can take its toll on ones mental and physical health. Even those who have been passionate about nursing since day 1 can find that they have burnt themselves out trying to succeed. While in nursing school I saw students get IBS, debilitating migraines, anxiety attacks, kidney stones, even hair loss and poor metal health related to sleep deprivation etc. In school you may not have gotten the one on one attention needed to feel confident in your nursing practice, this can leave one feeling anxious and underprepared when entering the workforce. This is common. However, I can say through personal experience that I entered the workforce feeling underprepared but through my employers orientation program and learning how to speak up and ask questions I soon found the confidence needed to be a successful medical surgical RN. Dont be afraid to apply for hospital positions often times if a hospital hires you to be a med/surge, er, icu, maternity or pediatric RN and you find that the floor you are on is not suited to you, as long as you speak up and express your needs to your manager they may look for opportunities to keep you in the organization but cross train you to a position more suited to your personal nursing practice and skills. In the hospital setting you will quickly learn that RN's stick together, you become part of a team of professionals and will soon learn that they are your allies and you are not alone. Nursing is such a vast profession with a wide range of opportunity. If one form of nursing doesn't suit you, try another, you may find that you enjoy the profession after all. I hope this helps. I also suggest reading memoirs such as Critical Care: http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Care-Nurse-Everything-Between/dp/0061791547 and the book From Silence to Voice: http://www.amazon.com/From-Silence-Voice-Communicate-Politics/dp/0801478731. I would start with Critical Care.

Get the ATI TEAS guide. They make the freakin thing, so why not do it. You must have looked at Amazon, because the prices are identical to what you wrote.

Whether new or like-new, it is well worth the top $45 price range. Considering that my nursing school books has totaled over $1800, $45 looks like chump change.

You can buy the manual, used, from Amazon for less than $10.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1933107987/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1478293395&sr=8-1&keywords=teas+study+manual

Personally, I didn't like it very much.

I used PocketPrep, which is an app that's less than $15.

http://www.pocketprep.com/exams/ati-teas/

For the record, I got an 88.

there are multiple practice exam books available on Amazon.com. When I was studying for the exam, i used the TEAS Review Manual, Version 5.0 (ATI, Study Manual for the Test of Essential Academic Skills(TEAS))
I did well enough on my first try to be admitted to the nursing program at my college.

here is a link to the book i used on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933107987/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Need textbooks:

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Nursing-Concepts-Challenges-8e/dp/0323431127

https://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Calculations-Applications-General-Specialty/dp/0323390889

https://www.amazon.com/Nesters-Microbiology-Denise-Anderson-Lecturer/dp/0073522597/

https://www.amazon.com/Laboratory-Exercises-Microbiology-BARNETT-MASAMI/dp/0787256242/

$3 EACH

I used two books from amazon and since they have a great return policy I actually returned them before the date and got my money back. They were really good and some questions were the same or very similar. I searched the web and used pretty much all the free resources I could. These are the books I used:

http://www.amazon.com/Review-Manual-Version-Essential-Academic/dp/1933107987

http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-TEAS%C2%AE-Exam-Study-Guide/dp/1609710134/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=055WW2TDM7HQY188P443

I think that they were both really good books. I used a lot of online sources too but I really think the book practice tests were the best.

Out of curiosity are you applying to Samuel Merritt?

Take as many practice tests as possible. You will learn that's the best way to pass ATI (if your nursing school uses it) as well haha.

I personally just used this:
http://www.amazon.com/Review-Manual-Version-Essential-Academic/dp/1933107987/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450540519&sr=8-1&keywords=teas+test

I got a 94. I would recommend reading over each section's rationale, there will be similar types of questions on the actual test. I also would recommend it only because I hadn't taken some of the classes for a while, so it was a nice refresher.

Hello there, when I took the TEAS, I used this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Essential-Academic-Skills-Version/dp/1933107987/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498792383&sr=8-1&keywords=ati+teas+5


And there is currently a newer edition (6th Ed.) published, but I'll let you decide which one to utilize based on the reviews.

https://www.amazon.com/ATI-TEAS-Review-Manual-Revised/dp/1565335759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498792327&sr=8-1&keywords=ati+teas+6

Good luck :)

Edit: After reading some of the reviews for the 6th edition, I think you might be better off studying with the 5th edition.

I used this book as a study guide for the TEAS V. It was extremely helpful. I dropped out of school at age 16, and went back for my GED a few years later. Took my TEAS V last year, about 7 years since I'd had any kind of schooling. Passed with flying colors. The nursing coordinator told me I scored the highest in math of anyone who had taken the test, which made me feel really good, because I hadn't done real schoolwork in so long.

This book is all you need. Just study it, and study it hard.

I'm commenting here mostly because of my username, lol.

Caring is scientific, and it can be measured. See https://www.amazon.com/Assessing-Measuring-Caring-Nursing-Science/dp/0826121969/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=measuring+caring&qid=1565097052&s=gateway&sr=8-2.

Joint Commission/ANA magnet status basically require that a hospital's nursing department be guided by a nursing philosophy. Watson's work is the most understandable of the major nursing theories, plus it has the added benefit of fitting in well with the bullshit known as HCAHPS.

At best, nursing theory is providing an overly detailed rationale for the unconscious elements that go into the practice of nursing. At worst, it's the history of how a bunch of dead white women argued about the definition of nursing while seemingly tripping on acid. I certainly see the value of nursing theory, but at the same time can understand why it has been made largely unpalatable and un-understandble.

Here is the desktop version of your link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1933107987/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462804910&sr=1-1&keywords=teas+5

You can buy a used one to save money if your broke.

You can rent the Teas book from Amazon, it's only $15.00 (to deliver to Texas anyhow).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1933107987/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1419785317&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40

Not the best looking book I've ever seen but it had everything I needed and then I just mailed it back in when I was done. They may even prorate you, I had it less than a month and they gave me all my money back.