[enfpjwrn]

I have the Ipaq 2495 and love it! I get onto the internet just fine. I use the beem option as well as the bluetooth option. I paid $423 6 months ago from comp usa i think, one of those stores. then i went to skyscape and bought lots of the reference programs like tabers med dictionary and 2006 drug book. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

[nightingale]

I remember the days of lugging our back pack around; boy, I would have LOVED to have been able to use a PDA!

[NurseMatt]

oh MAN I love my PDA and I havent even started school yet, but I have already been using alot of the RN programs I have bought from skyscape. I wouldnt have it any other way.

[Nemhain]

Anyone who's been on this forum knows about my love affair with my PDA.

I can't imagine my life with out my PDA. I know I've saved many many hours by not having to look things up in 10 different books. Having a medical dictionary has saved me the most time.

[eager1hasbegun]

For those of you that bought pda programs: are they in addition to the books required (that you might just keep at home) or did you buy them instead of the books??

[enfpjwrn]

I purchased IN ADDITION TO the books we had to buy for the LPN program a Tabers 20 medical dictionary, 2006 Drug Book, and serveral other programs that help with writing care plans. try skyscape.com

[bdgriff]

I haven't started RN program yet, but ordered my PDA (the Palm TX) as a bundle deal from Skyscape.com just today. I love techno stuff too...

[gdean1]

I have a Dell, but it's an older one. Since I work out some, I can carry the heavy weight but I use it all the time. Slowing me down? Never, those that think it's actually faster to look up meds in a book probably still type on an IBM Selectric II. I dn't care for Davis' Drug Guide but use Epocrates. It's free and I've always found everything in it. It has many things my colleagues don't have in their drug books and except for being a little heavier that the X51, it's many times lighter than those books and it truly does fit in a pocket!

[maryk99]

Originally Posted by eager1hasbegun

For those of you that bought pda programs: are they in addition to the books required (that you might just keep at home) or did you buy them instead of the books??

Check out the websites of your textbook publishers; this fall we're using books by Prentice Hall Health and Mosby/Saunders. The Mosby/Saunders website offers companion PDA software for almost all of my textbooks from them.

[fotografe]

I found my PDA invaluable in clinicals. I had so much information available in a split second. No carrying heavy books or flipping through pages wasting time.

That said, I had a very insecure clinical instructor who was very threatened by the PDA. It was mentioned at least 5 times in my evaluation. I think she felt threatened by the fact that she couldnt' bull**** her way through things she couldn't explain. With books, people tended not to look up what they needed, but having the info at my fingertips really chapped her hide. THe other instructors I had were always asking me to look up things for them and saw it for the great resource it is. You may have to feel out your instructor's feelings on the PDA, and if they are negative keep it under wraps.

Do not let that stop you from getting one though! You will wonder how other people survive without it!