Nursing Essentials app review: provides quick access to critical nursing information

Introduction

If you’re a nurse then you absolutely must keep this app handy on your iPhone and iPad as it provides not just critical nursing information but calculators and the ability to make custom notes on your patients so that you can provide the most thorough care possible.

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I really like the idea behind this app because a lot of medical reference resources are centered on lab values or emergency care. With Nursing Essentials we instead find men and women in the nursing profession fully catered to.

The content is very well-indexed and you’ll also find a built-in search facility, so you should have no problem finding the information you need within a few seconds. This is ideal for when you need a quick reference, perhaps with a patient waiting on you.

Your One-Stop Comprehensive Nursing Resource

As is often the case with medical apps, most of the information on offer in Nursing Essentials is a little technical for me, so here is a rundown of the content that the developer has provided on the iTunes description page:

• Acid-Base Imbalances
• Complete Neurological Assessment
• Pediatric Drug Dosages
• Pain Assessment
• Geriatric & Cultural Considerations
• Organ Donation Considerations
• Burn and Dermatome Charts
• Abbreviations
• Metric Conversions
• Immunizations
• Spanish translations
• Restraint and Back Safety
• Tips For Workload and Report Organization
• Insertion and Management of Catheters, Gastric, and Chest Tubes

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I hope that provides you guys and gals with a clear idea of the kind of information you can find in this app.

 

Make Detailed Study and Patient Notes

The note-taking features on this app I personally think are very useful (as much as my non-nurse’s opinion is worth). With this you can add notes to pretty much any page so that you’ve got your own personal thoughts and reminders to jog your memory when you’re in a hurry.

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You can also add notes specific to each of your patients in the dedicated Patient Notes section, which is ideal for staying aware of any medication you’re patients are taking as well as any contraindications or other complications that may have arisen.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Easily find your way to important nursing information within seconds
• Includes detailed entries on drugs, infusions, laboratory values, and more
• Provides a quick reference for things like blood products, and PO, SQ, IM, IO administration procedures
• Add your most frequently visited pages to your Bookmarks list for quick and easy future reference
• Find content in seconds with the integrated search facility
• Add your own custom notes to pages for easy note taking
• Features a variety of medical calculators for the Glasgow scale, burns, and metric conversions
• Use the Emergency Number Dialer when you’re in a hurry
• Also includes a section for you to store Patient Notes
• Content is also available in Spanish

 

Cons                     

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

Nursing Essentials is a powerful resource for any nurse and I would definitely recommend downloading it onto your iPhone and iPad.