Developed in partnership with the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists PEPID™ RN Gerontological Nursing Suite is a comprehensive point-of-care reference tool and drug database designed specifically for geriatric nurses. RN Gero addresses virtually every clinical gerontological situation. Whenever you need the Braden Scale an orientation-memory-concentration score, or assessments for restless legs syndrome or dementia, RN Gero provides you with the daily tools and scales you need in your practice. Dosing is also made easy with PEPID embedded dosing calculators.
Specialty content includes every tools and scales, assessments, geriatric pharmacology, relevance of lab values and integrated weight-based calculators and drug interactions generator.
Downloadable to your PDA or Smartphone, content is also available online, or over-the-air to your wireless device. Individual subscriptions include complete clinical content, our number one rate drug database, † dosing calculators, drug interactions generator, illustrations and much more. With PEPID RN Gero, you can instantly access whatever you need to know, whenever, wherever.
• More than 2,300 disease and clinical topics with diagnosis, pathophysiology, treatment and disposition.
• Both drug and clinical topics include nursing considerations that provide teaching points.
• Gerontological topics include: Gerontological nursing overview, nursing assessment of the adult, disease prevention and health maintenance, geriatric pharmacology and geriatric multisystem syndromes.
• Over 500 high-resolution anatomical illustrations and rhythm strips.
• Valuable Toxicology section which includes toxin identification, drugs of abuse, household and cleaning agents, plants, mushrooms and seafood, pest, rodent and herbicides, inhaled gases, heavy metals and caustics, medication overdoses and antidotes.
• Superb navigation menu bar takes you directly to the index, quick reference and tutorial, drug interactions, medical calculators and life support and critical care.
• A complete Drug Database - includes over 7,500 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 IV Drip Calculator you 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.
• NEW - Compare meds prior to combining with IV Compatibility Tool. Quickly compare compatibility of meds in Y-site, syringe and additives. An interactive tool similar to our Drug Interaction Generator, PEPID’s IV Compatibility Tool allows instant med comparison prior to combining in clinical situations. NOW available for PEPID online products.
• Internationally Comprehensive with SI Lab Units presented along with American units, an SI calculator, complete metric conversion calculators, includes 1200 Canadian drug trade names in drug monographs and incorporated into the Drug Interactions Generator.
• Comprehensive Dynamic Index lets you search for almost 12,000 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.
Continuously Updated PEPID™ Online, Wireless and Wireless Mobile content is continuously updated without downloads. PEPID releases free content updates and applications upgrades to PDA software subscribers on a regular basis (approximately every 8-10 weeks). Subscribers can view and download the most current update on their "My Account" page simply by logging in at www.pepid.com
PLUS: PEPID's unique Guaranteed Subscriber Access Plan. Always have access to any PEPID product you purchase, even if you lose or break your PDA! Click here for more details.
Medical Dictionary
PEPID medical information resources are NOW enhanced by The Best Words in Medicine™. Speedy access to terminology from Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (28th Edition) increases the clinical utility and educational value of PEPID medical information resources for physicians, nurses and students.
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