PDA's for nurses... Anyone use them?

[MereSanity]

hi all...i was looking into pda's and what they have to offer a nurse. i have seen them that have the drug guides, pdr's, and lots of other nursing helps built in. does anyone use these? are they allowed where you work? some of the programs out there for pda's and nursing are pretty cool.

[galwaynyc]

Many of my classmates have the zire 72. It's nice but I like the extra memory the T5 has. The voice recorder may be handy in school but I'm almost done and in the clinical setting I don't think it would get used much. I know I could buy a WiFi card seperate for it but I wonder if I wait will a new model have it built in already? I'm really undecided. I was also looking at some Dell pocket pcs and was wondering then about the different operating systems.... windows or palm. Will it make much difference to me? I don't know.

Anyone have any other thoughts to contribute?

My Tungsten E crapped out on me. Boo! So I bought a T5. Yay! The screen and being able to change orientation are nice. Might not quite be worth the additional money, but I've always hated to scrimp on tools.

Get a hard case, whatever you chose.

I'm giving my Dad a Zire 72 for his birthday, tomorrow. It has some features I envy--digital camera and voice recorder. It would be iffy, at best, to use the camera for nursing, but it'd be fun to have in my travels, and the voice recording could be really handy. And you can get a GPS receiver for it, which I don't need, but really want.

They're starting to crop up all over in nsg school.