Introducing the only reference for student nurses designed and written by experienced nurses. We''ve created PEPID RN Student Clinical Companion.

PEPID RN Student Clinical Companion is fully integrated into PEPID RN and is the only comprehensive, point-of-care clinical reference tool designed specifically for student nurses. Available for both PDA and Internet access, PEPID RN Student Clinical Companion provides every student the tools they need to succeed in the classroom and in the patient setting.

PEPID RN Student Clinical Companion FACTS AND FEATURES

PEPID RN Student Clinical Companion provides the foundation information essential for beginning practitioners:

• Nursing Process - the critical thought process that includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
• Documentation - the focus is on nursing documentation with detailed info on documenting every type of nursing note, writing discharge summaries, and critical pathways
• Communication - from the nursing point of view everything you need to know about handling telephone triage, communicating with the physician, communicating with the patient and family, and working within the treatment team
• Medication Administration - an instant reference to what the nurse needs to know about administration routes, patient safety/delivery, evaluating medication lists, and patient teaching points
• Legal/Ethical issues - from the nursing perspective includes patient advocacy, patient bill of rights, standards of practice, risk management and responsibilities of licensure
• Other sections include Time Management and Prioritization of Tasks, Roles and Clinical Focus, and Levels of Practice all written specifically for student nurses
• Includes the PEPID Laboratory Manual with 400 lab tests and descriptions, related tests and normal reference ranges

PLUS you get all of the content included in PEPID RN:

• 2300 Disease and Trauma topics with detailed diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment information
• Instant access to Immediate Lifesaving Protocols BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, RSI, procedures, quick drugs and drips, toxidromes, and algorithms
• Topics include Nursing Considerations that provide teaching and charting points.
• Nursing Assessment (Health History, Physical Exam, Mental Status Exam, etc.)
• An extensive Pain Management section with high risk patient management, interventions, assessment, legal considerations, etc.
• Electrolyte Imbalances/ABG''s as a separate section for instant access
• Vascular Access Devices (common complications, catheter care, site selection, documentation guidelines, etc.)
• Complementary and alternative medicine section
• IV Drug Incompatibilities listings at your fingertips
• Tips and advice from experienced and respected nursing professionals make PEPID RN like having a conversation with a respected senior colleague

INCLUDED IN ALL PEPID SUITES

• A complete Drug Database - includes over 7500 drug, herbal and OTC generic and trade names with extensive kinetics and mechanism of action information, adult and pediatric dosing with built-in dosing calculators (weight-based, body surface area-based, even IV drip rate calculators), overdose management, and trade/cost information
• Virtually every Medical Calculator you can ever need is included with direct links from relevant topics. There is also a user-friendly stand-alone medical calculator index. You can tap on the underscored name of the calculator to review the calculation first, or enter directly into the calculator itself from the Calculator Index by tapping on the icon next to the name.
• Cross reference up to 50 drugs, herbal remedies and OTC medications simultaneously in our Drug Interactions module. This is the most user-friendly interactions program you will find. The results are scored on a 1-5 basis; one being low and 5 being high. Just tap on each interaction found to read the explanation.
• Internationally Comprehensive with SI Lab Units presented along with American units, an SI calculator, complete metric conversion calculators, and even includes 1200 Canadian drug trade names in drug monographs and incorporated into the Drug Interactions Generator
• Comprehensive Dynamic Index lets you search for almost 10,000 entries - medical topics, procedures, drugs, herbals, common abbreviations, eponyms, equations, etc. - all in one place.
• Embedded Illustrations such as Dermatomes, Rule of 9''s and rhythm strips add even more value to PEPID.
• Plus: Personal Notes that allow you to add your own content to each PEPID topic and drug. Notes are saved whenever you update your PEPID.