Nurse iPhone

Nurse iPhone
I love my iPhone. I have had it a long time and always update the OS when the new versions come out. I just got my little darling a brand new Ferrari Red case from Cellular Depot on Sahara. I am going to use and give my Personal Opinion the on following iPhone apps for the iPhone and will be updating this post as I go. This post will be a work in progress
It should be noted that I consider these nifty applications as technological marvels. I do not endorse their use. I am only giving my opinion on these iPhone apps. There is absolutely, positively no substitute to good critical thinking and a keen clinical eye. Nurses must exercise professional judgment, critical thinking, and take into consideration general nursing knowledge should they make the decision for themselves and for their own use the below mentioned iPhone app medical applications.

1. The first app I didn’t check out is the Voalté (pronounced “volt”) One App. It operates within the physical bounds of the enterprise (using WiFi), but also outside using 3G.The server side software needs to be installed on the Hospital PBX and Servers (including server side components and hooks to Emergin’s middleware engine) for presenting and interacting with alarm notifications (and other text-based messaging), along with SIP-based telephony integration to complete the workflow loop between care givers (via voice) and clinical alerts (and other alarms). It does seem to be getting good reviews from Nurses in the hospitals that it has been deployed in already, such as Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL, and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA. I download it and it said “Failed to register to push, please notify IT,”
Opinion: Love the Pink iPhone Icon.

2. Epocrates Essentials: A complete drug reference including herbals and OTCs, disease database, pill identifier, drug interaction guide, lab test reference and infectious disease guide. Replaces several books one might need for similar information.
Opinion: Epocrates Essentials Deluxe. $199 per year ?

3. Eponyms: Don’t know what Wunderlich’s Syndrome is? Look it up quickly with Eponyms.
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

4. Infuse: A drug infusion calculator. Allows nurses to build their own hospital database of standard concentrations. Then, when needed, nurses plug in the patient’s weight and dose desired, and an infusion rate is immediately provided. Nurses can also change on the fly in case they have to double concentrate their hospital standard preparations.
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

5. MedCalc: A free medical calculator
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

6. OB Wheel: A quick calculator to determine gestational age and EDC
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

7. PediSTAT: Think of it as the Broselow tape for the iPhone. Plug in the child’s age or weight and instantly you have a guide to airway equipment sizes, drug dosages, fluid/blood resuscitation, seizure treatment, normal vitals, sedation dosing, pain management and more.
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

8. ACLS Advisor: A guide to current ACLS guidelines
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

9. PALS Advisor: A guide to current PALS guidelines
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

10. Nursing Central: Geared more toward nurses. Includes a drug guide, lab and diagnostic test reference, diseases and disorders reference, handbook of nursing diagnoses and Taber’s dictionary.
Opinion: No Opinion Yet

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