Opinions on pocket guides like RNNotes

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I was wondering if any of you find the little spiral pocket guides useful for clinical. I was thinking about ordering some from Amazon but at 23 bucks a pop they are pretty pricey if they are not worth it. Please let me know what you think and which title(s) you have. Thanks!

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Specializes in Psychiatric, Geriatric.

You don't need to spend all of that $ on pocket guides. I used a few, but I found that I could get all of the information that I need off of the internet or from my instructor and make clear and concise notes for my own use. I can organize them anyway I want and taylor-make them according to whatever kind of facility I may be working in. Good luck!!

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Specializes in Case management, occupational health.

Our instructor gave me the new MedNotes to try at clinicals this week. She was asked to review it by the publisher. I hated it, it was supposed to be a minidrug book but it did not even have Lopressor in it, that is one of the top 50 most prescribed drugs. It had a couple helpful things but not enough to justify the cost and carrying it to clinicals everyday

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

i love RN notes it helps you tremendously (if your not lazy to flip the pages lol) it guided me on my first clinical rotation tremendously, and there is plenty great information on it!!

for 23 bucks it is a go!!! it is mandatory at our school i believe!!!

that little thing is so durable, i bought mine used, and i will tell you... it does help, we even had a case in which a student used the medical spanish on it to communicate with the patient!!!

i already got my medsurge one!!!

rn notes is a go

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Medsurg.

RN Notes was mandatory at my school also and I'm still trying to figure out why. I carried it around with me the first week of first semester and never used it. Actually totally forgot I even had it until I read this thread. I think though, there are a few in our class that do use it.

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i love RN notes it helps you tremendously (if your not lazy to flip the pages lol) it guided me on my first clinical rotation tremendously, and there is plenty great information on it!!

for 23 bucks it is a go!!! it is mandatory at our school i believe!!!

that little thing is so durable, i bought mine used, and i will tell you... it does help, we even had a case in which a student used the medical spanish on it to communicate with the patient!!!

i already got my medsurge one!!!

rn notes is a go

I agree 100% with this. RNotes has a lot of very useful information for the clinical setting that fits right into your pocket for easy reference, and it's a lot better than carrying around cumbersome textbooks with you all day! RNotes is mandatory at my school, too.

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I have the Med-Surg one and I LOVE it! Its really nice to just flip through and find assessments I may have missed or specifics on diseases. IT also has a small drug index in the back.

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I have several of these and likes some...sold the others. I really like RNotes. I bought mine from half.com for about $12.00...bought others on Ebay for under $12.00. Try to find a used one and see for yourself if you like it.

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