PDA Help!!!!

eljamstudent · Aug 10, 2008

Why not ask your school if they use programs, and if they do from where. My school uses Nursing Central and I was able to find it at Skyscape for about the same and it came with a free desktop version. Also, we were required to have several reference resources that I was able to get off of Skyscape as well, so now I only have to take my PDA with me and not about 6 books.

Good luck.

hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2008

The free epocrates has no nursing considerations attached to any of the drugs, so you will likely be carrying a drug book with you as these considerations are incredibly important for students.

NoviceRN10 · Aug 11, 2008

The free epocrates has no nursing considerations attached to any of the drugs, so you will likely be carrying a drug book with you as these considerations are incredibly important for students.

That's good to know. I was trying to save myself $90 by not buying the skyscape package but I can't get the epocrates program to work on my PDA anyway (just purchased the PDA used off ebay and am trying to figure out how to work it).

SeattleKid09 · Aug 14, 2008

Our program also suggested a PDA with a $120 program on it. I have finished my first med-surg clinical and have yet to use the PDA. We went to the hospital the night before to collect our information and write our care plans. In writing the plan, I used my drug book. When I arrived the next day, I already knew what each of the medications was and why they were taking it and interventions related to the medications.

It's possible as I get further along I'll find I need a PDA program but so far I haven't used it at all.

hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN · Aug 14, 2008

To be honest, I've used my PDA more at work than I have in clinicals. Often a nurse will ask me to look up a drip rate for a drug really quick, and it comes in handy to do the calc.