Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit, 3e [Paperback]

Melodie Chenevert RN BSN MN MA (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0815115393 | ISBN-13: 978-0815115397 | Edition: 3

MOSBY'S TOUR GUIDE TO NURSING SCHOOL provides students with a realistic, humorous description of the stressful situations that nursing students typically encounter. The text offers practical advice and guidance for coping with these problems and for making the most of the nursing school experience. Helpful suggestions are provided for time management, improving study habits, surviving clinical rotations, and balancing school, work, and family obligations.

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A practical, humorous, and informative guide to nursing school --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Melodie Chenevert, RN, MA, MN

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 3 edition (October 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815115393
• ISBN-13: 978-0815115397
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Number 1 Goal is to Graduate!, November 8, 2005

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Sweet Girl (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit (Paperback)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome guide!, June 11, 2009

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Martha S. Horton "martha_7" (Phoenix,AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit, 5e (Paperback)

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.

10 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK book, not what I was looking for, November 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit, 3e (Paperback)

I bought this book because I am considering going to nursing school & thought this might help me see what it would be like. I read the book and also scanned through it and the topics just were not relevant to what I was looking for. I am going to purchase "Stressed out about nursing school:an insider's guide to success by Stephanie Thibeault instead because I that will be better suited to what I am looking for.