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janine33

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  • Joined: Sep 2008
  • Location: bundaberg
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:10 pm

hi all canany one tell were i can get a pda for nursing i live in a small town dont seem have many in shops what are the best ones to get that i lost of nursing soft were on and were do i buy the soft were

thanks all

Ronnie

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Ronnie
  • Joined: Oct 2006
  • Location: XXXXville
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Oct 16, 2008, 10:40 pm

I know a couple of nurse's that carry their PDA as a backup for when the nurses station is too busy or unable to access the ward computer due to someone else using it. Personally, I think this is a valuable tool that I can see many nurses using in the future.

A good start would be to have a medical dictionary and maybe a disease/diagnosis type software. I know of one nurse that has MIMS on hers but it costs around $150/year for the subscription.

Goggle: "Nursing PDA" and use the Australian search feature, this should give you a rough idea of what is out there and how much it costs. My guess is that the software would be around a similar price to the available text book.

From having a bit of a look myself, I can see that some of the software is directly downloadable so no need for a shop.

Cheers

janine33

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  • Location: bundaberg
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Oct 17, 2008, 12:41 am

hi thanks verry much for your reply i did get a pda now the fun part is to work it out lol thankyou

mattycat

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mattycat
  • Joined: Jun 2005
  • Location: Davoren Park
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Dec 22, 2008, 06:45 pm

Janine what did you settle on? I had a Palm Z72 with Mims but it's recently died. Looking at other options now, Ipaq etc ... What's about and what do you use on it?

cheers, Matthew

janine33

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Dec 22, 2008, 09:04 pm Last edited Dec 22, 2008, 09:04 pm update #2

hi matty
i got a hp ipaq 112 it seems good but i still not sure how 2 use it lol

modified: Monday 22 December 2008 9:09:41 pm - janine33

Liz

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  • Joined: Sep 2007
  • Location: Brisbane
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Dec 24, 2008, 07:00 pm

Ive only seen one nurse having one. handy for checking up drugs so you dont have to find a mims but still. We dont use computers yet to write down notes etc..all old fashioned.

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