Thanks Crankin, you take the RN test immediately but I may want the texts later. Of course with medicine evolving I question whether for reference later on a library will be a better bet than a text that may be slightly dated? I know anatomy won't change but I am sure pharmacology and some of the other parts might. I did find you can rent or buy a non-expiring copy of the electronic book. For my first class it is $56 cheaper to buy a non-expiring copy.

I definitely don't want to sell my books back if I get hard copies but with trying to avoid student loans at all costs pinching pennies is a very big issue as well. I have to pay out of district tuition at the community college that offers a RN program. Still less than out of state or a larger university but not inexpensive.