Typical cellular data use in NS

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You're not going to talk to anyone socially ever in nursing school?

I have to say no, I'd like to say no, but things could change. Who knows. I'm so used to a goofy family, especially since they weren't really supportive of providing me a place to stay while I attended school after getting out of the military.

mrsboots87

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Specializes in Neuro, Telemetry.

You are very out of touch. There is a safety reason for a two nurse check of blood products and it is definitely not redundant. But I guess you just don't know what you don't know. No facility is going to put in the money to create these convenient technological advances for you. And much of what you mention is completely unnecessary.

Blocking out your personal life to go to school is a terrible idea likely to backfire on you. You will need support and people to turn to to blow off steam. Becoming a recluse would be counterproductive.

You're getting in over your head with all of this. Having multiple apple devices is a luxury and definitely not a necessity. Some school requires tablets, but most don't. Many facilities don't allow students to have phones, tabs, or laptops during clinical due to privacy issues and looking bad to patients if students are on them. Wait until you actually get accepted to a program and see what, if any, of this stuff you will need.

Specializes in Neuroscience.

You aren't even in nursing school yet so take a deep breath and calm down. There is no need to spend upwards of 2k on electronics.

Yes, you'll need a smartphone in school and you'll use it to research medications before giving them to a patient in clinical. If you already have a smartphone, then you are good. Your school may require you to have a specific type of laptop to take tests on, apparently this is a thing now. So wait until you are accepted and you know what you need. An ipad can save you money on textbooks, but only if you actually use it for textbooks. It's already September, ask for it as a gift for Christmas.

No amount of technology will help you pass nursing school without the proper amount of studying. The one thing you do need is a smartphone. Everything else is not important.

Best of luck on your HESI!

blondy2061h, MSN, RN

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Specializes in Oncology.

I didn't have a smartphone or tablet or Apple watch when I was in nursing school. I had a laptop. I got through. iPads weren't invented yet.

When I was in NP, school the iPad was around by then. I bought the first generation when the second generation came out. I found that very helpful in class. I bought eBook version of my textbooks and downloaded them into the Kindle app. I had an app that let me annotate PDFs, and we could download the slides being used in lecture ahead of time, so I would do that as a PDF and annotate them in class on my iPad. I also had a flashcard app (mental case) that let you share flashcards with other users of the app. I got half my class using the app and we all sent each other our flashcards. The iPad was great for school. I could take it to school or work and have all my notes, books, reference apps, a S flashcards. Now with the newer anatomy apps it's even more killer of a tool. If you have the money, I definitely recommend spending it here and really thinking about how you can make it work. If you don't have home internet, spring for the LTE version and its own data plan.

I didn't get my Apple Watch until years later. I justified it because it works with my continuous glucose monitor. Really I just wanted it, though. I can't think of anyway it would have helped me in school more than a basic watch with a second hand.

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I already know to wait for the program's determining factor of whether I get in or not so I know I'm not going to blow it all away the first second I see positivity from my test scores. The stuff I mentioned in the post are just meant to make my learning environment or the organization in my life a little bit better, if they will. Not to screw around with selfies and facebook and twitter, etc. If I get the green light for nursing school, the first thing I want to buy is what they tell me to for the first semester and then I'll work with that. I know stethoscope will be the first necessity. So, anything not related to what they expect first semester isn't going to be paid for until I get accepted into the program.

You literally don't need any of this technology for nursing school. Apple watches are going to get wet, get covered in body fluids, and won't connect to most hospital equipment and even if they did you can't connect your personal devices to patient records, as people have said. The only thing you need is a reliable and lightweight laptop and a smartphone is optional but helpful. Also, don't kid yourself that you won't speak to anyone/use social media in nursing school

Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.

The best thing to use to plan out your schedule, etc., is a good old-fashioned paper planner. At my school, for each class, we received a schedule of due dates and test dates. I would put those in a planner and add notes as needed. Easy to carry around and to make changes.

Otherwise, anything you use to organize yourself is an individual thing. I have actually gone back to using a journal type book to keep track of lists, etc.

Julius Seizure

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
Ok, cause when I did clinical at a facility for my CNA license, they used Ipod Touch's for charting. What if we have Iphone? Can that be used for that stuff you mentioned? Or is it something that had to be used within the facility and not be taken out of the facility for HIPAA?

The kind of thing that you are talking about (charting and EMR functionality) for personal devices is generally limited. For nurses, its generally a device that they use for the shift and then turn back in - it never leaves to hospital. Doctors and other providers often can get access on a personal device (smart phone, tablet, or laptop) for remote access to the EMR, but to do so requires a tradeoff: your basically are agreeing to let the hospitals IT rules govern your device and your usage of it.

As far as nursing students, you might be able to use the hospital devices during your "shift" there, like the nurses, but it wouldn't be your personal device, it would be what they provide.

Julius Seizure

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
You are very out of touch. There is a safety reason for a two nurse check of blood products and it is definitely not redundant. But I guess you just don't know what you don't know.

It actually IS redundancy. On purpose. Redundancy in systems acts as a fail-safe. OP didn't mean it was redundant in a bad way.

Specializes in ICU.

I think your over thinking your need for technology. A smartphone is really all you might "need". But thats just something most people have in general society that is helpful and more of a convenience, not necessarily related to nursing school. You literally do not need an apple watch. I have an apple watch but it is nothing to do with work. I have it for tracking my running as the main reason, and responding to texts is kind of handy too, but overall its just an expensive knick knack to be honest. It has zero use in hospital/ work functionality. You would be hard pressed to find any facility that would be that connected. Or nursing school for that matter. So other than a smart phone and a laptop, there is really nothing more you need. As a student you might want to save your money for other things. Because trust me, you will not find any facility that uses the watch or any other personal device in providing patient care. What you need most in school is your brain. A tablet might make taking notes etc convenient, but you can probably get by without if you have a laptop. I went to nursing school with none of this stuff. I know technology has changed, but there is no amount of technology around that is going to be better than whats between your ears.

Specializes in Critical Care.

You are a nursing student, you won't be charting in the hospital systems network

Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.
You are a nursing student, you won't be charting in the hospital systems network

We did, but we were put in as nursing students needing a cosigner which was our clinical instructor.

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