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Available Platforms:
  • Palm
  • PPC

Book Info


Application:
IV Med Notes:
Nurse’s Clinical Pocket Guide

Authors:
Gladdi Tomlinson, RN, MSN, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.

Deborah A. Ennis, RN, MSN, CCRN, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.

ISBN:
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1446-8

ISBN-10: 0-8036-1446-2

Publisher:
F.A. Davis

PDA Developer:
USBMIS, Inc.


IV Med Notes

Accessing an intravenous site and delivering fluids and medicine can be a difficult and frightening experience for students. IV Med Notes alleviates students’ fears by providing up-to-date information needed to safely administer medications by IV, in a user-friendly and convenient PDA application.

Benefits Include:

  • Illustrations and color pictures help you master difficult and potentially dangerous skills
  • Step-by-step directions show students how to use the equipment correctly
  • Focus on safety in administering I.V. medication the right way, highlighting high alert meds, do not confuse, "Special Considerations" and "Hot Tip" cautions
  • Includes essential content on more than 200 drugs
  • Provides common adult and pediatric doses, push rates, infusion times, drug interactions, solutions and chemical compatibilities
  • Drug calculation formulas

Eight tabbed sections cover:

  • IV Site Assessment
  • Administering Medications with Incompatible Solutions
  • Calculations
  • Administering IV Push Medication
  •  IVPB
  •  Critical Thinking
  •  Medications
  • Compatibility



 

Includes a 12 Month Subscription of Automatic Updates:

A 12 month Subscription entitles you to 12 months of automatic content and application updates. When the program is installed to your PDA, simply synchronize your PDA with your computer while connected to the internet to receive the latest updates. You can still use the application after the 12 month subscription expires, but you will no longer receive updates.

PC requirements:

- Windows 98/NT/2000/XP with 128MB Ram
- Free space on hard drive: 12MB for Palm/ 44MB for PPC
- Palm Desktop 4.1.4 or greater (if using Palm)
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 or greater (if using PocketPC)

Palm PDA requirements:

- Palm OS 3.5.3 or greater
- 3.6MB of available memory ( additional main memory may be needed when installed to memory card* )

PocketPC PDA requirements:

- Windows CE 3.0/Windows Mobile 2000 or greater
- Up to 10.2MB of available memory
- Only devices with touch screens are supported

*all VFS compliant memory cards and memory sticks are compatible