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The nursing program I'm in requires purchasing a PDA. Nurses, is this practical? |
Along with it, I purchased (as required) medical software including drug dictionaries, medical terminiology, and quick references, all of which are updatable. How many nurses use PDA's in the work setting? I think it's a great advancement, but just not sure how popular it is with people who are already in their nursing career. It depends on where you work. I bought one when I graduated from nursing school, thinking I would use the drug reference a lot, but it turns out I have never once needed it. My hospital system has their own intranet that includes all kinds of helpful resources including drug references, etc., and since we have computers in every patient room, there is really no practical reason for me to have a PDA when I have access anywhere I want. Other people find them very helpful because they don't have such resources readily available. It certainly can't hurt having one. At the very least, you'll have another toy to play Tetris. ;) NONE.... there are many docs and nurses now that use them. its a helluva lot easier to keep things/patients in order ;) My next door neighbor is a nurse and has been for like 20 years. They recently made her start using a PDA - as I understand it, its for filing paperwork. Nurses reports and stuff like that can be emailed around. So its not really for reference but so you can send (and receive) medical information/files quickly. That's one use anyway. These things are great and the software is getting better and better. The drug compatibility is the best and much easier than the limited tables in the books. This you will use this for the rest of your career. Your are always on the safe side to look things up no matter how long you have been a nurse. If you have a chance to look almost every ER doc has one. I don't even know what a PDA is. I've been a nurse for 10 years- in a hospital. Last 2 years in ICU. Most of our charting is computerized. What's a PDA? I've never seen it used before. I'm sure it depends on the setting you are in. |
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