Why are you still lugging around a dead tree medical dictionary and pocket guide? From learning from your peers to handbooks, the world is available on your phone, if you know where to look. Here are five medical apps for nurses that are more worth ditching paper for.

1. C A P T E R R A ' S M E D I C A L S O F T W A R E B L O G
5 E S S E N T I A L M E D I C A L
A P P S F O R N U R S E S

2. Source: Jeannie P. Cimiotti, et. al.
“Nurse staffing, burnout, and
health care-associated infection,”
American Journal of Infection
Control, 40.6 (August 2012).
D I D Y O U K N O W
3 O U T O F 1 0
Under-staffing caused
approximately one-third of
nurses to report an
emotional exhaustion score
of 27, considered by
medical standards to be
“high burnout.

3. T H I S F E E L I N G O F
B U R N O U T
C A N B E R E D U C E D
W I T H A B E T T E R
N U R S I N G
N E T W O R K

4. T H E E A S I E S T W A Y
T O D O T H A T I S
W I T H A N A P P .

5. T H E A P P S
C O D E H A P P Y
N U R S I N G
D I C T I O N A R Y
N U R S E ' S
P O C K E T
G U I D E
N U R S I N G
C E N T R A L
A social networking tool for nurses that shows
nurses you know and nurses you should know.
A free option that is easier and faster to use
than a Google search. That's sayin' something.
"The premier source of disease, drug and test
information for nurses."
Provides help for creating effective nursing-
care plans and accurate nursing diagnoses.

6. W A N T T H E F I N A L A P P ?

7. C H E C K O U T
C A P T E R R A ' S
M E D I C A L
S O F T W A R E B L O G