Published Jan 1, 2012
chall2011
32 Posts
Ok, so i start nursing school in a couple days and I have been busy buying all these many many books. My question revolves around two books: Lippincotts drug guide and Tabers cyclopedic medical dictionary. Together these two books cost like 45 to 50 bucks. But then there is this wonderful nursing/nursing student app i keep hearing about: Nursing Central (which includes a drug guide and the exact Taber reference plus laboratory info and many other very useful things).However this app is like 170 for a yr subscription...pretty stiff. Anyways...can i please get some advice??? What would you go with? Any experiences to back something up? I'm leaning toward getting the app. but just don't know.
maiday
94 Posts
Nursing Central was included in my nursing schools orientation so I've had it for awhile. I also had to buy a drug book and the tabers for one of my classes. I never opened either one. Nursing Central has both plus you can look up all kinds of info on diseases and labs. I love this app. To be honest though, I didnt' use it much during nursing school, although now I realize I could have used it much more, I just would forget I had it. We usually weren't allowed our cell phones during clinicals and nursing students on cell phones looks bad (people don't know you are actually using for something useful). I actually use it now as a nurse more. I'm a new nurse and I still have to look up drugs sometimes or somebody might come in with something I'm not very familiar with. Yes, we have drug books and you can look it up in the computer, but nursing central lets you put the generic drug name or the trade name, the book only has one and sometimes will direct you to an appendix. I just need the info quick! (I still don't use my phone in plain site though, I use it in the med room) Although I did pull out my phone once with a pt who had some questions about the drug I was giving her. I knew the basics, but she had tons of questions. I looked it up and read her the info she wanted. She was happy I could answer her question so thoroughly.
Probably too much info for you, but I think nursing central is pretty awesome and I will renew it when my subscription is up.