Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit

I agree with Sweet girl's review, I just started taking my first classes and this book has helped me to stay motivated and on track. She gives excellent advice and practical tips that I'm already using. I'm also planning on buying it, so I can read over and over, especially every time I get side tracked by all the stuff that doesn't matter. I also love the motto Graduating is your goal. My husband just finished grad school and wishes he would have read that book before he started, even though he's field is counseling. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting pursue nursing. In fact I'm buying it for my cousin who is going to nursing school too. I also read How to survive and maybe even love nursing school, which was really good but reading it, really stressed me out,it focused a lot on the difficulty of nursing school, it had a lot of information and tips as well, but I think Mosby's guide gives more practical to the point advice.

The author repeats this mantra several times. It's something to keep in mind when times get tough. No matter what, your number one goal during your 2 or 4 years of nursing school is to GRADUATE. Delegate housework. Work part-time or not at all (if possible). Study, study, study! She does encourage students to get their BSN, not just their ADN, and brought up several good points about that. She gives ideas in finding money for school and has a section from nurses entitled "What I Wish I'd Known Before I Chose to Major in Nursing." She gives tips on how to be more efficient, organized, be a good student, how to take a test and reduce test anxiety, how to study better, make tbe most out of clinicals, and how to prepare for school. I loved this book. I actually had checked it out of the library because of the first person's review (didn't want to waste my money if it was a bad book), but now I plan on buying it. This is a great book and has tons if useful information inside. I think this is a must-have for every nursing student.