I-Pad Use By Nurses

Nurses General Nursing

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I just got an I-Pad and am wanting to use it on the unit and am interested in hearing from nurses who use different apps on the unit and if you would recommend them or not. I teach and my program requires the Nursing Central Bundle for all of our students, so I have that app and am familiar with it. I also have Epocrates, Micromedex, PubMedTap, several apps that give me access to online journals for my specialty, Littmann Soundbuilder and GE Clinical Images.

Does anyone use the I-pad for taking report and making notes throughout the shift and if so, what app do you use for that?

Does anyone use it for commenting on Microsoft Word documents (ie grading for me), as I think it would be much easire to grade a careplan using a stylus with the I-pad instead of using bubble comments in Microsoft Word as I am currently doing. I have downloaded Notetaker HD and I-annotate apps, and am interested if there are others to consider.

Any ideas would be appreciated! Much thanks in advance.

Also, it really doesn't matter how many cool techie gadgets you brought to work, what's important is that as a nurse, you stay focused, compassionate and hardworking. No amount of iPad apps can replace that.

It seems like it would be bulky to carry around. I have an ipod that has drug reference software on it that I used a lot in school and some on the floor and almost never in the emergency department. That has the benefit of fitting in my pocket and not needing to be put down somewhere when I need both hands.

If my place of employment utilizes iPads, I would be so happy. Instead of wheeling a big workstation on wheels, the nurses can wheel a smaller workstation, or just carry to iPads to do bedside charting.

Specializes in Cardiac, PCU, Surg/Onc, LTC, Peds.

I soooo wish we could use IPads for our charting, communicating w pts, looking up meds etc. My feet get so painful having to stand at our bedside unmoveable, terminals without seating. Due to room size/safety we cannot have any adjusting, rolling stools to sit on while we chart. Our MD's/residents take up the available seated workspaces at the nursing station so nurses are left to have to chart at the bedside while standing. I do like to chart at bedside but it would feel so much better on my poor feet to be able to sit more often during my 12 hr shift.

Specializes in Cardiac, PCU, Surg/Onc, LTC, Peds.
If my place of employment utilizes iPads I would be so happy. Instead of wheeling a big workstation on wheels, the nurses can wheel a smaller workstation, or just carry to iPads to do bedside charting.[/quote']These people that invented COWS need to use them for an entire shift. The technology is THERE to use more efficient in patient care areas but sadly hospitals have to make 'money' instead of making nurse's workday a little easier. If I had the option I would pay personally for a work iPad in a heartbeat if it was setup with our EMR!
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