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Nursing Medical Software Packages Can Be Very Helpful
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What Nursing Medical Software Packages are there?
In the society we live today nursing medical software when used with a PDA can be a tremendous asset to any medical organisation. For one simple reason it puts the information you need at your fingertips (no longer do you have to go to the library and spend hours trawling through medical books). Below are just examples of useful nursing medical software packages which are currently available.
1. Nursing Procedures - This program will boards and beyond you through more than 500 procedures that you may be called on to perform as part of your duties. The procedures in this program have instructions which include details about what equipment you will need, what you should do if a complication arises as well as how to document the procedure correctly, plus much more.
The procedures in this software program can be easily searched for and there are over 700 illustrations which will help to make the instructions provided even clearer to understand.
2. Handbook of Signs and Symptoms - This is another useful software package as with this handy program you can connect the signs and symptoms that a patient is exhibiting with a possible cause. This software includes descriptions relating to more than 300 of the most common signs and symptoms, as well as pointing out the level of urgency and what steps you will need to take during the patients examination.
Also with this software comes an appendix which contains another 250 signs and symptoms which are less common.
Whilst the newest edition of this software package includes problems which may have been caused by herbal remedies and provides you with specific information in order to deal with geriatric patients.
3. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses - This has more than 800 built in tools in order for dosage calculation to be made easier so that you can make sure that you are giving the right amount of the medication to the patient concerned.
There are over 5,000 drugs under 150 different classifications in this program including 500 common combination drugs and dosing recommendations for the top 100 popular pediatric medications that are available. This nursing medical software program also provides information which is designed to prevent errors and problems when administrating drugs such as "Do Not Crush" warnings or signs of toxicity that you need to look for when giving certain drugs to a patient.