Healthcare and technology have existed alongside one another for centuries. We now have more resources than ever to reference conditions, medications, and symptoms. This makes our jobs easier and quicker and lessens our chances of error. However, it’s not always practical to lug around bulky textbooks. Below is a list of helpful apps that can be downloaded to your smartphone and can be used in both a clinical and homecare settings.
Symptomia is an excellent tool for nurses and emergency workers. It allows the user to look up more than fifty symptoms, their possible causes, and appropriate diagnosis.
Pill Identifier by Drugs.com offers the easily searchable pill guide you’re already familiar with from the website. Quickly search thousands of pills by shape, color, strength, and more.
Medical Spanish If you’re not a Spanish speaker, this is a tremendous asset to you and your patients. While this won’t translate conversational Spanish, it will get you through essential patient/provider dialogue efficiently.
Eponyms is indispensable if you have trouble remembering just what the symptoms of Erlichiosis are. Look up common and not-so-common eponyms for much-needed clarification.
OB Wheel is a digitized version of the paper wheel you already use and allows for more flexibility due to irregularities. It also has bookmarking capabilities.
PediSTAT Anyone in pediatric or emergency care should have this app which calculates medication for smaller bodies, analyzes symptoms, and describes procedures.
Pocket Body: Musculoskeletal by Pocket Anatomy offers a comprehensive guide to the musculoskeletal system and is for that reason a great tool for students. It is also helpful for refreshing the memory of anyone who might not retain all of that information post-graduation.
Med Mnemonics is another helpful app for nursing students and working nurses alike.
Critical Care ACLS Guide offers an at-a-glance guide to reading EKGs, administering correct dosages, and avoiding dangerous drug interactions for patients who need life support.
Skyscape Medical Resources is a free app that includes a medical calculator, prescription and over the counter drug information, and access to a database of medical journals and news.
Fast Facts for Critical Care is a simple, full-color guide to critical care treatment, including dosage calculations, and procedural guides.
Infuse gives users an easy way to calculate dosage for infusion and bolus-administered drugs.
Epocrates Essentials carries a steep price tag but take into account the fact that it is not an app, per se, as much as a full encyclopedia. Subscription to this service provides access to drug information, pill guide, interaction warnings, among other useful information.
Pocket Lab Values will help make sense of lab results for all manner of medical analyses.
MRSA eGuideline is useful, easy to read guide to identify, treat, and prevent relapse of drug-resistant staph.
IDdx takes the guesswork out of identif
ying infectious diseases, which are searchable by sign, symptom, geographical region, and type.
Heart Murmur Pro gives the listener the opportunity to learn, listen, and understand heart sounds, with 23 different sounds available. Access to medical databases for even more knowledge!
Anesthesia Drugs Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all things aesthesia, including dosage calculations by weight, administration instructions, and interaction information.
The Color Atlas of Family Medicine is quite an investment, but the encyclopedic collection of medical information and accompanying image may well be worth it for you.
NurseGrid was developed by nurses to help manage the scheduling process. The app lets you schedule across all worksites, view who you’re working shifts with, message other nurses, and much more.
0 Comments