Anyone Use This?

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I noticed that one of the physician assistants uses a prescribing reference guide when looking up his drugs, and I asked for the subscriber information, noticed that they have one for nurse practitioners, physicians, residents and pharmacists. I decided to purchase the nurse practitioner edition, since it is as close to nursing as I can get. It is the size of Reader's Digest, has concise, undated information on medications and I can get 4 subsciptions a year. I think it is good because it is current (most important to me), portable (a close second), and it also lists medications by classifications as well as the different companies that have made these drugs (which sometimes changes how they are administered-a shock to me). The PA gave me the winter version 2007-2008, and this is what I am using now, more than my own drug book which, even though it is a 2008 version, is not as current as I would like it to be. It has all of the information that a practitioner would need, such as an algorithms of treatment, brief articles on what is new on the market, being considered and being removed from sale. When I get my new one in July, that will be the drug reference I rely on from now on, rather than a nursing drug guide. With just getting 4 a year, I can give away the other ones or even if I keep them for a while, it wouldn't take up much space.:bowingpur:nurse:

http://www.prescribingreference.com/publications/

[agr8rn, ASN, RN]

i used to work with a nurse practitioner who used this; i would always take the hand-me-down copies when she got the new editions. i always found it very helpful. i haven't had one in a while, since i stopped working with her. i recommend it.

amanda- resident cruise goddess

[wildmountainchild]

I have a PDA and use the Davis Drug guide on it. But I also have Pepid RN which I sync/update once a week, so if anything changes w/ drugs it's updated then. The PDA is VERY portable. I have all kinds of info at my fingertips, the computer age is truly amazing.

I also registered online at medscape for nurses. I get interesting articles in by inbox once a week. They always seem to be eerily pertinent to what I'm currently doing.

[nightmare, RN]

We have the MIMS (monthly index of medical supplies) and the BNF which comes out twice a year.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

We have the MIMS (monthly index of medical supplies) and the BNF which comes out twice a year.

BNF and MIMS...what are they acronyms for?

[nightmare, RN]

We have the MIMS (monthly index of medical supplies) and the BNF which comes out twice a year.

Bnf stands for British National Formulary.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I have a PDA and use the Davis Drug guide on it. But I also have Pepid RN which I sync/update once a week, so if anything changes w/ drugs it's updated then. The PDA is VERY portable. I have all kinds of info at my fingertips, the computer age is truly amazing.

I also registered online at medscape for nurses. I get interesting articles in by inbox once a week. They always seem to be eerily pertinent to what I'm currently doing.

I have a PDA, which is useful, however, I am not disciplined enough to sync or even charge it as often as I am supposed to. It also has Davis Drug Guide in there, from nursing school. I tend to use it more when I am working at per diem assignments moreso than working at my clinic. My PDA also contains Taber's, diseases and nursing interventions and lab values.