[TNNurseCCM]

Found a free drug reference that seems to be really good. http://www.epocrates.com/products/new/

[Pat_Pat]

www.tarascon.com
Another "doctor" type reference.

[Melina]

Here is a list of all the free programs I have on my Palm TX. There are many more available, of course, but these are the ones I have found most useful. Some might have been mentioned before, so forgive me if I am repeating another's suggestions.
I am leaving out time-limited and info-disabled trials, but including some full-featured shareware. All of these will work on a compatible Palm, some have Pocket PC versions. Some resources are only available to students currently in a nursing program, and a few to licensed professionals only.

Merck Medicus has some great resources available to licensed pros:

• The Merck Manual 17th Ed.
• Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
• Reuters Medical News
• MEDLINE Journal Abstracts
• MerckMedicus and MEDLINE Search

As mentioned before, currently enrolled healthcare students get FREE access to the PDA-based clinical tools and information from Micromedex. I have found the information to be helpful, but it runs slowly on my TX, so I only have the alternative meds and toxicology, and use Merck and Epocrates (Epocrates, home of the world's most widely used mobile medical references) for drugs and lab info.

I just found this great NCLEX study resource today: Thomson Delmar Learning's Nursing Review Series

PateintKeeper is the best patient tracking software I have found. There's a bit of a learning curve, but I have had little trouble configuring it to suit my needs. Keeps track of vitals, labs, meds, and much more. I can even set of a list of tasks and set alarms for them. You can Download a Trial Version here. As far as I can tell it's fully functional and you can take as long as you need to try it out.

Adobe Acrobat has a really great Palm version. It will convert any .pdf file to Palm format, though the results are not always perfect:
Adobe Reader for Palm OS
Adobe Reader for Pocket PC
Adobe Reader for Symbian OS

John Hopkins has a great antibiotic guide: Download Antibiotic Guide

WISER is a designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. There's info on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice. My favorite feature is the unknown substance ID--really cool! Download

The entire USDA nutrient database can be Downloaded here.

Mac OS users have free access to the excellent flashcard program StudyCard Studio at www.digitalmeadow.com, which includes a read-only Palm program.

I also have

• TheraDoc Antibiotic Assistant®
  Patient- and disease-specific antibiotic recommendations.
• TheraDoc Pain Management AssistantTM
  Research-based guidelines for appropriate treatment of acute pain.

[toweldryonly]

hello people.....anyone know any good anatomy software...pda or otherwise?......

[Angelbethany]

So the free version of epocrates is good? I've been using a drug guide book as well as a 2007 iv med guide book, and I'm tired of carrying so much around! Will epocrates cover this, or should I get the PDA programs made by the manufactuers of my books? I've also been looking at Skyscape Constellation....

[cacti66]

If you find pdr to download let me know plaese

[JeremyNursingStudent]

Has anyone's Clinical Xpert expired yet? Mine says so many days unless I dock it, which I do, and it still says that. Help??

Jeremy

P.S. What about ePocrates? Does its free version ever expire?

[Melina]

Clinical Xpert subscriptions expire at different times, depending on who is sponsoring your subscription. You can check the expiration date on the account management page.

~Mel'

[littledarlings]

Thanks for the info. I love the allnurses website!

[oriezo]

i found the downloads highly useful... thanks to all who shared...