Any recommendation on ICU apps

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Specializes in CVICU, Transplant ICU, CCRN.

Hi fellow nurses:

Can you guys recommend any apps that I may find helpful for my new position as an CVICU nurse? I have the drip calculation one, but I want to add a few others that you guys have found to be helpful.

Thanks in Advance

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

I have Fast Facts by Kathy White on my iPhone in addition to her Peds app.

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Specializes in ICU.

Personally, I wouldn't trust an "app" in CVICU. Calling the thoracic surgeon at 3am for something and they ask "where did you come up with that???" Uhhhh .... :banghead:

Call the pharmacist, ask an experienced nurse, or call the surgeon. Use an "app"? Never. :sneaky:

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Specializes in CVICU, Transplant ICU, CCRN.
Personally, I wouldn't trust an "app" in CVICU. Calling the thoracic surgeon at 3am for something and they ask "where did you come up with that???" Uhhhh .... :banghead:

Call the pharmacist, ask an experienced nurse, or call the surgeon. Use an "app"? Never. :sneaky:

I have to admit; you have a good point. I still like to get information from different sources. For the last 6 years, Ive been working as a transplant/ICU nurse. But CVICU is a whole new world to me and I am quite nervous. I wouldn't depend on an app to manage my patient, but a quick reference of something couldn't hurt.

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Specializes in CVICU, Transplant ICU, CCRN.
I have Fast Facts by Kathy White on my iPhone in addition to her Peds app.

Thanks,I'll check that one out.

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Specializes in Cardiothoracic ICU.

If you want a reference; get the Manual of Perioperative care of Adult Cardiac Surgery; it is very in depth and should able to educate you on all things cardiac surgery.

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