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Nursing Central

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Nursing Central

Nursing Central is the premier source of disease, drug, and test information for nurses. It also includes a leading dictionary, literature searching, and an exclusive study system. Get quick answers wherever you need them—on your mobile device or the web.

Platforms:


iPhone OS
Android OS
BlackBerry OS
Windows Mobile
Palm OS
PalmPre
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Nursing Central is the complete mobile solution for nurses and students. Look up detailed information on diseases, tests, and procedures; then consult the comprehensive database of 5,000 drugs or refer to more than 60,000 dictionary terms whenever you have a question. Search MEDLINE or keep up with your favorite nursing journals by having tables of contents delivered directly to your mobile device.

What’s New in Nursing Central?

  • Grasp™ – a study system using a proven learning method that helps you master unfamiliar concepts or prepare for an exam
  • Glimpse™ – an in-text disease, drug, and definition lookup tool
  • Nursing Central website – a complete redesign for easier navigation
  • Alerts – an improved feature for content searching in MEDLINE. Access the results each day on your mobile device or the web.

Save 32% when you purchase your favorite nursing references in this all-in-one resource! With Nursing Central you get Unbound Medicine’s award-winning functionality as well as twelve months of web and mobile web access.

Nursing Central includes:

Davis’s Drug Guide

The best-selling drug reference produced by F.A. Davis provides need-to-know information on thousands of brand name and generic drugs.

  • Almost 2,000 monographs covering 5,000 trade and generic drugs
  • Regular updates with the latest FDA-approved medications
  • Details of IV administration, dilution, and concentration
  • Common herbal and natural products
  • High-alert notices and patient safety information
  • Drug-drug, drug-natural, and drug-food interaction

Authors: Judith H. Deglin, PharmD; April H. Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN; Cynthia A. Sanoski, BS, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

Taber’s Medical Dictionary, 21st edition

Taber’s Medical Dictionary is a comprehensive health science dictionary featuring over 60,000 terms, 9,000 of which are new and revised. Taber’s also includes:

  • 1,000 full color photos and illustrations
  • Integrated audio pronunciations for nearly 30,000 terms
  • 600 Patient Care sections

Author: Donald Venes, MD, MSJ

Diseases and Disorders

Diseases and Disorders, third edition is a must-have reference for every nurse. With complete coverage of more than 250 medical conditions encountered in nursing practice, you can quickly find the information you need to plan and deliver patient care. Practical recommendations are supported by concise descriptions of how the human body is altered by disease and clear rationales for medications and tests.

Editors: Marilyn Sawyer Sommers, RN, PhD, FAAN; Susan A. Johnson, RN, PhD; Theresa A. Beery, PhD, RN

Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests is an easy-to-consult manual with over 400 entries. With the experience of nursing, clinical laboratory, and radiology specialists at your fingertips you can quickly check pre-test requirements, intra-test procedures and monitoring, and post-test care.

Authors: Anne M. Van Leeuwen, MA, BS, MT(ASCP) and Debra J. Poelhuis-Leth, MS, RT (R) (M)

MEDLINE Journals

MEDLINE Journals delivers citations and abstracts from your choice of trusted medical journals to your mobile device. Link directly to the fully-integrated Unbound MEDLINE service to find related articles and view full text provided by the journal publisher.

Note: MEDLINE Journals provides links to full text articles only when available from PubMed; to view full journal text online you may need a separate subscription.


Mobile

  • Device-optimized interface and intuitive navigation
  • Grasp™ study system to reinforce key concepts
  • Glimpse™ technology to help you define words in-text
  • Pictures, illustrations, tables, and dictionary pronunciations
  • Extensive Cross Links to related information
  • Auto Alerts sent straight to your mobile device
  • 5,000+ generic and trade name drugs
  • More than 60,000 dictionary entries
  • Disease, drug, test and procedure information
  • Practical guidelines for nursing diagnosis and patient care
  • Table of contents and abstracts from top nursing journals

Web

  • Build and manage Grasp study decks
  • Instant literature search with Unbound MEDLINE
  • Personal Archive for saved searches and bookmarks
  • 1 year of web and mobile web access included

Web Login

nursing.unboundmedicine.com

Below are the system requirements for each platform supported.
PlatformDevicesMemoryOther

iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS,
iPad, iPod touch
41 MB Carrier Data Plan or on-device WiFi

All Android devices 41 MB
Memory card supported
Carrier Data Plan or
on-device WiFi

BlackBerry devices with memory card support (eg, Curve, Pearl, Bold, Storm and 8800 series) 41 MB
Memory card required
Carrier Data Plan or on-device WiFi

All Windows Mobile devices 41 MB
Memory cards supported
Microsoft Active Sync
or Windows Mobile Device Center

All Palm OS devices
(v.5 or later)
41 MB
Memory cards supported
Palm HotSync Manager
(Windows PC or Mac OS X)

Palm Pre webOS device running Classic
41 MB

Classic, by Motion Apps
(purchase required)

Mobile Web
Most smartphones and PDAs with web access. minimal Mobile web browser with Carrier Data Plan

Web
All major web browsers
(e.g., Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox)
minimal
Internet connection

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