Debinding textbooks -- Did you regret it later?

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

I am seriously considering this. On the existing threads I read no dissenting view.

Did anyone debind their nursing books and regret it later?

[msdeannah]

The only concerns I have seen have been that sometimes people need to refer back to another section that they didn't have with them. Or lack of glossary/index/table of contents.

Personally I'll just copy my index and such and have it in each of my mini sections. and If the teacher refers to a section I don't have with me I'll make a note of it and review at home.

I'm debinding for sure.

[BeeJayCeeYa]

I just debound one book and have scanned much of it to PDF files that I have on my laptop. Sweet! And as if just carrying the sections I need won't be awesome enough, the PDFs are searchable so I can find material quickly.

[LifelongDream]

One of the girls in our class has OMNI??? I think that's the name. Anyways, she would scan her book and it would turn all of the text into a pdf or word file. It was awesome!

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

Nope, didn't regret it one bit.

I kept the index and table of contents with me in my folder. I never needed to refer to any other sections, but if you had to, you could just do it later when you got home.

I had a slim 1" 3 ring binder for NS use, and kept the rest in a large 3" binder.