Keep textbooks after completing classes?

After a few years, old textbooks just collect dust. I had thought I could use them as reference books for future classes, but even then, as the years went by, as sources they were too old. I hauled my original nursing school books around for 10 years and finally gave them away to a thrift store!!

I graduated 2 years ago and kept my nursing texts (like med/surg, foundations, pharm, patho, etc). I sold all the extra credit courses ones I had to take (I had to take a anthropology course- 20th century crimes lol) ones like that. I did keep my lippoincotts Rn exam study guide. I use that book and my med/surg book almost weekly just for a quick reference. I keep my Rn review one in my locker in case I need it.

Collecting dust on the shelf. Opened the maternal/child one once about 12 years ago.

In-services at work, journals, and our hospital library keep me up to date, oh and the 'net for stuff I need right now. The intra- net at work has a fantastic formulary for drugs

I sold some stuff that I later regretted, and bought it back online -- things like my patho textbook, and some of my old psychology texts. I find that I need to periodically refresh things that I learned or I forget them. I do a full re-read of A&P and patho at least once a year. The pharm text I used in nursing school is very helpful, although the one I bought for grad school is pretty much useless.

My psychology texts are particularly helpful when I"m trying to figure out how to deal with some difficult patients or situations.

I'm a book nerd too and books have totally overtaken my living space, but I still find myself constantly digging around to look up things i know I once read somewhere.