Nursing Students General Students
Published Jun 2, 2004
amber74
109 Posts
I was trying to decide if I should get a backpack for my textbooks.I want to avoid back strain as much as possible. Does anybody use longaberger large boardwalk baskets?The rolling backpacks are not my style.What do you use?
Energizer Bunny
1,973 Posts
I have always just used a shoulder bag so that I can switch from one side to the other. I carry the minimum amount of books needed and then go to my car to switch if I have to.
Dublin37
567 Posts
I have a lot of lower back pain so i had to go to the roller ones. not attractive, but they are GREAT. I have tons of L. bsk at home and used to carry the purse, but even that bothered my back so i had to go to a lighter purse even! Heather
FutureNurse2005
713 Posts
i'll be investing in a roller one! I dont care how it looks, lol, its going to save me some back aches!
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
A backpack on wheels.
unknown99, BSN, RN
933 Posts
A roller backpack got me through the RN program!!! Those books are way heavy!!!
nursepearl
168 Posts
Roller backpack was also the way i went. It saved my back and I got to dress it up in Pins that show my personality.
Berta
219 Posts
I have a Eastpak rolling backpack. I love it!!! I think I paid $45. However, it doesn't go to class with me. I just bring a pen, paper and sometimes my tape recorder. I use the backpack when I go to the library to do work. It contains everything I need for the day.
Originally, I started hauling everything to my nursing class. However, we never referred to our books during lecture. So it was a waste of time and energy. As the semester went on, the only thing I really needed was a pen and a highlighter. Or if I wasn't to awake, my tape recorder. We actually receive a packet of notes at each class. I just jot down additional notes. I beleive a lot of schools do this also.
If you are taking other classes during the day, a rolling backpack is the way to go if you have to lug books.
rjflyn, ASN, RN
1,240 Posts
My hands when I actually had to buy a book for a class. Come to think of it the only one we really needed was psych nursing as the questions were directly from the book,all others came from lecture- ask students from the previous classes, can save alot of money. In a 2 year ADN it came to almost $1000.
Rj
shel_wny
336 Posts
I carry a regular Jansport backpack with nice padded straps. Lots of pockets for all my stuff and I find myself rarely needing to bring my actual textbook as all reading is done at home. Any reference books that I might need to bring I just carry in my hands - it sort of balances out the back! :)
Shel
Sheri257
3,905 Posts
I got tired of the roller backpacks breaking all the time so I bought a roller suitcase ...
People make fun of it, but I don't care. I beat those things up so much, a suitcase seems to be the only thing that lasts.
More room for books too ...
Nurse-o-Matic
151 Posts
I use a Kelty backpack with padded straps. I don't usually need to bring the big textbooks as we don't use them during class. The backpack is great for clinics because I can pack an extra change of clothes, a padded cooler for lunch, and some reference books. :)