Did you keep all PAPER notes?

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  1. What should I do with my notes?

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      Keep them all
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      Get rid of all that stuff

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I'm starting my final semester in January and I am doing a bit of spring cleaning around the house before family comes over for the holidays. I am sooo close to tossing all papers from nursing school out. Please note: I have all electronic copies of lectures on my computer.

Did you study class notes for the NCLEX?

Keep everything or toss??

Thanks everyone!

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

I kept everything from my ADN program because I thought I might use it during my BSN program. I will finish my BSN in January and have not looked at any of the information gathered and stored throughout my home. Not one single bit. I have referenced old textbooks but no lecture or reference material gathered in paper form.

I plan on burning all of it in mid January after I graduate to provide warmth for my family through the cold months of the year. Who said it was useless? ;)

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I flipped through and kept the really good stuff that I found helpful when I was taking the actual tests (and stuff I struggled with). There was an especially awesome fluids and electrolytes lecture that I kept the printout for, the EKG interpretation notes, and some amazing OB notes I took (I really was on a roll for that part of the semester). Everything else I tossed.

What I was sure to keep was all of my clinical paperwork. My care plans and concept maps and all of the associated worksheets are things of beauty (to me), and help me to understand disease processes better when I look at them again. I worked too long and hard on them. It'll be years (if ever) before I'm ready to let them go.

ETA I should always check the dates. I didn't realize this was a resurrected thread!

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

ETA I should always check the dates. I didn't realize this was a resurrected thread!

I missed this as well......

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Specializes in ER.

I didn't study for NCLEX. I took my notes electronically though.

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I've always been a pack rat, because I always think "what if?" so keep everything!

I'm the same way. I still have all my school books.

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