Best PDA for new SRNA student

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My best friend in the world will be starting her anesthesia program this summer. Which PDA do you find works the best for you? Trying to decide on the best one for her. (it is a surprise gift) I know what I use doesn't need all of the files that you usually use on a daily basis.

Have any of you seen the new "Life Drive" by Palm?

Thanks in advance............... :)

OK, since you started it...I'm also a Dell fan. I have the 416mhz version ($260)and a Rhinoskin hard case ($35).

I've never owned a Palm-based PDA. I think the Pocket PC is more versatile, but the Palm is faster, uses less memory, and has more (and more free) stuff available. Since memory is cheap, that isn't an issue anymore. My old 166mhz HP was dog slow, but the dell works nice.

A pulmonologist was asking the nephrologist how to calculate the FENa (fraction of excreted Na) yesterday. She was struggling with the formula. Out comes my PDA (the nephrologist balked and said that it wasn't "intelectually stimulating"to cheat...but did not have the ability to do the math anyhow). I punched the labs into Archimedes (free from Skyscape) and pow! we had the value.

I worked my last shift as a bedside ICU nurse FOREVER yesterday!!!

Congratulations!

The V50v has a 625mhz processor and twice the memory as the palm and I love the cradle for recharging, you can use the PDA and have fresh batteries already charged (plus the fact the you do not have to do a hard reset and reload software if you do let the palm T ,except T5,run down.

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I worked my last shift as a bedside ICU nurse FOREVER yesterday!!!

My last shift was 6/1. Hubby and I just got back from a week in Curacao, probably our last vacation for a while.

It sure felt good to walk out that door for the last time, huh? And then I started to think about how scary school will be and I halfway wanted to run back in . . . ! :rotfl:

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My last shift was 6/1. Hubby and I just got back from a week in Curacao, probably our last vacation for a while.

It sure felt good to walk out that door for the last time, huh? And then I started to think about how scary school will be and I halfway wanted to run back in . . . ! :rotfl:

Congrats to you too!!

No I did not look back. I left some friends behind, but I was on a different wavelength than everyone else. I was feeling extremely uncomfortable. Maybe you can call it driven or goals directed; it is hard to explain. I'm never going back. I'll be a greeter at Wal-mart first! The sad part was my last Air Force day was friday. I said not to make a fuss or anything, but it was to an extreme. I walked into my boss's office, said goodbye, and left. After 25 years I thought someone would have bought lunch or something...

Hell, I'll throw my own party when I graduate!!! ;)

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Treo 600 or 650 is the only way to go. Everything is moving toward phone/pda combo. You will have enough stuff hanging from your waist...might as well combine what you can. I started my class as the only one with a Treo and now 7 students have it!

You will thank me!!!!!

I also have the Tungsten C and one reason I chose it was because of the keyboard. I also use mine daily and track my cases with it.

Sprout :nurse:

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