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Best Apps for student RN!!

Hello! I'm currently a pre-nursing student @ WGTC. I have submitted my paperwork and am waiting patiently to find out if I will start the RN program in January! I am pretty confident with my scores; therefore, I am wanting to start buying supplies and preparing!

I was thinking about purchasing a pda to use for the program, but I have a droid incredible, so I am able to buy and download apps on my phone just like I could on a pda.

If you have any suggestions on apps from a pda or android that helped you through nursing school or as a nurse now, please reply and help me out! I'd rather have a good medical dictionary, drug guide, etc in my pocket instead of carrying around a huge book!

Thanks for the suggestions!!

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    The only app I have found that I use on a fairly regular basis is Epocrates. It sure beats making drug cards for clinical or caring around a drug book! :) The free version has all the drug information you will ever need and also allows you to do a pill ID and check drug interactions.

    I bought a medical dictionary and I have never touched it.

    I have a Droid X.

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    Hello!

    I personally love iTriage. I have a HTC incredible. Go download it! Trust me...you will :redbeathe it!

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    OH Yeah...iTriage is FREE!!!!!:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe

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    I've played with several, but the only one I really like is ePocrates.

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    For Android:

    Skyscape and its app RxDrugs and OCM (outlines of clinical medicine) these are free

    Voice Recorder (free)

    Mini-Nurse Light (don't use much)

    Epocrates (don't use much)

    Nurses Pocket Drug Guide. Its nice while free, but after you have to pay, it still wil ldisplay a random drug with basic info as a widget, good for learning.

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    I don't have a Droid, but I have a iPhone. I downloaded epocrates but soon deleted it.. I like Medscape much better. If Droid offers it, check it out... It's free!

    I also have a virtual flashcard app (Flashcardlet), a grade tracker, Evernote, and Dropbox. I also find FailApp (from the fail blog) to be s huge source of stress relief when studying for long stretches. :lol2:

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    Epocrates is my favorite, SO much easier than shuffling through books. Color Password is another app I LOVE! With so many usernames and passwords to keep track of, I just lock them away in that app. Last but not least, I use Flashcards Deluxe, and love it. Also, "LabGear Medical Lab Tests, Differentials, Symptoms & More" by Med Gears. Just search for "lab gear" or "lab values", and it should be the first option.

    They are amazing, and I couldn't see going without them. HOWEVER these are Apple apps for iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Not sure about the Droid.

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    Thank you all!! I will definitely check out all of them :)

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    I don't have a Droid, but I have a iPhone. I downloaded epocrates but soon deleted it.. I like Medscape much better. If Droid offers it, check it out... It's free!

    I also have a virtual flashcard app (Flashcardlet), a grade tracker, Evernote, and Dropbox. I also find FailApp (from the fail blog) to be s huge source of stress relief when studying for long stretches. :lol2:

    Ha! I've got Medscape but it's buried away in the files. I'm not that impressed with it, plus I don't have a lot of need for disease and procedure explanations. I have ePocrates on the home screen.

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    I love love love MiniNurse!! And WebMD app too. I have a bunch, but these are the two I use consistently during clinical.

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    I have an iphone - what grade tracker do you use?

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