We're in the process of minimizing our life at the house of PeepnBiscuits. In the basement, in a couple of boxes are all the books I used for LPN school, in another box are all the learning modules, in big three ring binders. In another box are a few big three ring binders with all my RN stuff, and upstairs in our computer room, a whole shelf and a half is devoted to my RN textbooks.
I don't know if it was recalling the exorbitant prices I paid for these books that has kept me from tossing them, or all the wasted paper or what. Admittedly there are a few books I still use- my small Davis' guide for drugs comes in handy now and then...my Med Surg book sits in my locker at work- it was quite helpful back when I first started on this floor. I still have my peds book because I have kids and like to look stuff up now and then, and my OB text...well, I'll be an OB nurse in a matter of days...
But really? What good are these books to me REALLY? I'm getting rid of all my notes and LPN books- seriously they're no good, they're over 6 years old. The RN textbooks though...I mean why do I need my fundamentals book? Our facility has it's own guidelines on how to put in NG tubes and how to flush IV's and how to ambulate people. Psych? No need. Peds...well, I still have kids...OB...is it really going to help me?
So do any of you out there still have your books? Or was it like 1) go to pinning 2) pass NCLEX 3) sell textbooks for 25% of what I paid for them.
