I am a CNA on a ICU and in school to become a RN. Myself and a few of the RN's & Doc's are all PDA users (mainly Palm's). I am looking for a common program for the RN's at least to help with both Report and Recording our shifts work. Currently I have Handbase set up with a program called Ward(?) that I am modifying to meet our needs.
What I would like to find out from others (no matter your area) is what are the features you need? And would a program like this be more valuable for giving/rec report or tracking your shift actions?
Progress(this is a timestamped log of what you did thru your shift to help with your charting)
ToDo(this is a alarmed to do list to set times for baths/meds/labs/calls)
Vitals (this is a timestamped area to track all vitals thru the shift for charting)
Meds(this is a timestamped area to track meds given)
Neuro,Resp, Accu ck,CV,IV sites/status(for tracking IV sites and needed changes), IVF (to track running/pending, rate, dose working on a calc function), GI, GU, Musc/Skel, Skin, Pain, Notes, MR#
It can print to an IR capable printer (I am ordering an adapter for ours) or you can beam report to the next shift.
All thoughts & input welcome and of course I would be happy to email the prototype (under constant change) to anyone who would like to play with it.
In addition has anyone found a good program for checking the compatibility of multiple IV drugs? I don't mean the basic compatibility that epocrates has, but something that if I am running 5 pumps and suddenly I need to give ameo I need to check what I can run it with.
If you put data into a personal computer, is that within HIPPA guidelines? I would not want my personal information on someone's computer that could be downloaded at home and emailed everywhere. Sounds like taking a chart home. Your facility might have a problem with that. However, your idea is a good one otherwise, and perhaps you can contact a software company to see how your field research could evolve into software for all of us. Just be careful.
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I tried the http://www.handbase.com link and it worked for me...
also try http://www.ddhsoftware.com as they are the creator of handbase.
If that doesn't work then palmgear.com , or many of the other sites can get you the program as it is popular and has been around awhile.
Enjoy,
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