Books being stolen......

[sheridan3456]

Anyone had experience with thieves at your school? So far I have had two expensive books stolen from me.....last semester, my A & P II book and now my Micro Lab Atlas is gone! I'm a very organized person and I'm positive I didn't just leave it somewhere. I always put it back in the same place (in my bookbag). The only thing I can figure out is that someone unzipped my book bag and snatched it out. My Micro Lab teacher makes us put our bookbags, etc. in the back corner of the Lab because our Lab is so small. I sit on the other side of the room with my back to the bookbags therefore I cannot see or guard my items! This is rediculous. From now on, my stuff is staying with me under my desk! Am I going to have to worry about books being stolen from me in nursing school? I hope we will have lockers or something......anyone have any suggestions about how I can "lock" my bookbag (or get one that locks) for now?

Frustrated.....thanks for letting me vent.

[natrgrrl]

We have had a problem lately with a few homeless men who come into the buildings to warm up. There are so many students, so no way to keep them out. One guy was caught in our classroom while we were in lab. He walked in, picked up a backpack and walked back out. Instructor confronted the guy and called security. Luckily, the student got her backpack back because her keys were in it.

[Gumdrop92]

I had a new roommate to move in and all of a sudden my things started to disappear. It's not enough that I don't get along with roommates, but they also love touching my stuff.

I had three books to disappear around buyback time. Only one book was valuble because the the other two were old nursing books, which I got for $2 just to read, the store had stopped selling years ago.

Our rooms are made for privacy, not security(as I was told), so they can be easily broken into. Now I cover my books and lock them up in a chest because AP and child development books are too much...

[kukukajoo, LPN]

We were warned about thefts first day of class. Ways to minimize:

Mark each book on outside clearly.

Mark on inside cover

Always pick a page in the book to mark your name again- say page 45- theives dont usually look inside.

Try using a zipper or luggage lock on zipper

I have had one book stolen and I still wonder who did it. Kinda sucks that we only have 14 others in my class and I know one of them is a thief but not which one.

[kharing]

I would also go to the bookstore and school security to report the theft/s. At my school you have to give your ID to sell books back - I would think that this information could be cross-referenced to reveal who the crook is.

Unfortunately, you also need to keep an eye on your stuff during clinicals - hospital staff at a few of the hospitals we rotate thru also seem to have sticky fingers! So sad.