PDA software??

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Graduating from nursing school this week and going to start a job in a very busy level 1 trauma center (>100,000 pt/yr). Just got a new Palm Pilot and was wondering what software you all think I should get? There are so many to choose from. I need help.

Thanks

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Specializes in Medical Progressive Care Unit.

skyscape dot com i like it, would have been real nice for school

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Try www.pepid.com . I use this program called RN suite it's awesome!

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Specializes in OR, Pediatrics.

Unbound Medicine.com - the nursing central program is good, too. has drug book, lab info, diseases & disorders, Taber's and something else I don't use.

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I really like the pepid, I use it too!

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Specializes in Trauma/ED.

My Staples:

Taber's Cyclopedia

Davis Drug-guide (with quarterly updates)

IV Drug book

ABC Lab book (there are other good ones too)

PALS/ACLS guidelines

RN Diseases

5min Emergency

I could easily live with just Taber's and Davis drug-guide...these are the ones I use daily.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

I've also found medical wizards ER tool book useful for calculations and stuff

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Specializes in MICU, ER, SICU, Home Health, Corrections.

For school, I found skyscape.com to be quite a one-stop-shop... RN FastFacts, Tabers, Drug guide and Lab guide for the PDA.

Once employed, our facility offers Thompson Micromedex at work, and a free download to employees for PDA, includes Drug guide, Dx Tool, Lab guide, Alt. Med guide and such. I think it's great... however, I've recently stumbled on to a much better drug guide at ePocrates.com

The others offer plenty of info, but ePocrates offers more 'surfable' info....

As an example, a doc tossed out a question the other day as we were about to Nimbex a pregnant chick we just intubated.

I looked it up in the Thompson and got Pregnancy Category B...

Mr. FancyPants Resident with his hospital-issued Axim whipped it up on ePocrates and got the same answer.

The difference? When we looked at each other and said "What the heck is category B?" well... he clicked on the "B" in ePocrates and it popped up a pregnancy category list with explanations. Me and my Thompson had to read over his shoulder, as my answer wasn't clickable... :-(

My iPAQ screen was bigger than his though; so I got some manly man grunting for size at least. LOL...

Anyway.. Thompson is free/complete for employees, and ePocrates is free to download and only the drug guide, med-calc/drip-calc programs and drug alerts are operational. I think the subscription to the rest is like $99 a year and if it's half what that drug guide is, well.. it's a darn good deal.

I now have both Thompson and ePocrates on my PDA, along with the Tabers and can't really find a need for anything else.

rb

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Specializes in MICU, ER, SICU, Home Health, Corrections.

PS... anyone have a good reference for an IV drug compatibility guide like King, for the PDA. [Not to be confused with an IV drug interaction guide..]

King has a palm OS guide for $45 that simply says "yes/no" for compatability, but the PC OS version has some added "text briefs" and they want 80 smackers....

ow...

Thanks!

rb

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I have the Nursing Central software from unbound. It's awesome! It has a Davis drug guide, lab values, disease & diagnostics, a medical dictionary and a component with journals (I rarely use this). It cost me $150. and it was worth every dollar!

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