Available Platforms:
  • Palm
  • PPC



Application:
Psych Notes: Clinical Pocket Guide

Authors:
Darlene D. Pedersen, MSN, APRN, BC, PsychOptions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ISBN:
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1853-4

ISBN-10: 0-8036-1853-0

Publisher:
F.A. Davis

PDA Developer:
USBMIS, Inc.


Psych Notes: Clinical Pocket Guide

Psych Notes: Clinical Pocket Guide is a reliable quick reference for key psychiatric clinical information. It provides portable, always-on-hand access to comprehensive psychiatric content for NCLEX or other exams.

Contents Include:

  • How to communicate with a client
  • Easy-to-access information on key disorders
  • How to form a therapeutic alliance
  • Cultural considerations
  • Techniques for handling crisis situations
  • Client/family teaching tools
  • "Clinical Pearls" for critical thinking that translate theory into clinical practice

PDA Benefits:

  • Bookmarks personalize your application for the information you access most frequently
  • Comprehensive Index facilitates quick, keyword searching
  • Notes allow you to conveniently jot down reminders within the program content
  • AutoUpdate provides you with the most up-to-date information available

Table of Contents:

  1. Basics
  2. Assess
  3. Disorders/Intervention
  4. Drugs/Labs
  5. Crisis/Geri
  6. Tools


 

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/ 41MB 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
- 3.7MB 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 11MB of available memory
- Only devices with touch screens are supported

*all VFS compliant memory cards and memory sticks are compatible