With the need for nurse practitioners on the rise, the amount of patients, paperwork, and more can be a lot for anyone to handle. Technology can also feel like burden, unless you know how to apply it correctly. If you have an iPhone or iPad, use it to do more than make calls, share pictures, and surf the web.
There are literally millions of apps available, with thousands of them being dedicated to health. To help keep time reviewing them down and utilizing them up, we have collected the top 15 iPhone apps for nurse practitioners on the go. Whether you have hundreds of dollars to spend or not a cent to spare, there are entries for you.
Top Free iPhone Apps for Nurse Practitioners on the Go
Save your money for school loans or even other iPhone apps by checking out these free entries for nurse practitioners.
- Skyscape
Skyscape offers hundreds of valuable medical resources for the iPhone which include Outlines in Clinical Medicine®, Archimedes™ Medical Calculator, RxDrugs™: Drug Dosing Tool, and MedAlert™. There are also drug guides, interactive algorithms, calculators, and much more.
- Eponyms
Get a database that currently contains more than 1,700 medical eponyms and is updated regularly for your iPhone with this app. Get an A through Z of many common and uncommon medical conditions, as well as definitions. The student version is free and the one for professional nurse practitioners and other healthcare workers is $2.
- Epocrates Rx
Although this company provides many paid apps for the nurse practitioner, this one is available at no charge. It includes monographs for more than 3,500 drugs and is also updated on a regular basis. There are also apps for Blackberry, Palm, Android, and Windows Mobile.
- WebMD
The experts at this medical site have more to offer users of iPhones. Use the app to check symptoms, access drug and treatment information, get first aid essentials, and even check local health listings. Recent updates include support for the iPhone 4 and 3GS.
- Medscape
By the same makers as the above, this iPhone app is designed especially for healthcare professionals. It offers information on drugs, OTCs, and herbals. You can also use it to look up procedures and protocols. It even has an interaction checker.
- iTriage
Get information on thousands of symptoms, diseases, and medical procedures on this iPhone app for nurse practitioners. Options include looking up symptoms, finding treatments, researching diseases, and even the ability to dial 911 with a key. With a tagline of “don’t get sick without it,” the app is worth a look.
- Cures A-Z
This iPhone app combines the best of natural and prescription therapies to create optimal health. Developed by physician and researcher Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, he and his nutritionist wife take no money from pharmaceutical or natural product companies, and prove it by charging nothing for the iPhone app. Health conditions ranging from A to Z and their treatments are presented in an easy to understand language.
- MedCalc
If you need just a simple, medical calculator for your nurse practitioner career, stop here. With over 700,000 downloads, MedCalc contains many common medical functions and conversions. If you enjoy the free version, check out the professional one with even more.
Top Paid iPhone Apps for Nurse Practitioners on the Go
If you do have a few or a few hundred dollars to invest back into your nurse practitioner profession, check out these iPhone apps. Listed by most expensive to cheapest.
- Epocrates
This leading healthcare company offers subscriptions to their information for healthcare professionals. They include essential drug, disease, and lab information. Experts select the most critical diagnostic information you need for patient care and organize it in one easy to use product. A year subscription currently runs at $159.
- Nursing Central
Get a source of disease, drug, and test information for nurses in this app. It also includes a leading dictionary, literature searching, and a study system. The comprehensive database contains 5,000 drugs and refers to more than 60,000 dictionary terms whenever you have a question. This app sells for $159.
- iChart
Because paper is for chumps, there is this iPhone app. It contains a platform that functions as a digital medical assistant that can hold lab reports, notes, prescription information, and even billing. It is designed by doctors and can be customized for your needs. The price of $139 will get you this app.
- Merck Manual
This app includes images, charts, and figures to take full advantage of the iPhone or iPad display. Updates include hundreds of medical images and even full support. Choose from the Home Edition ($9.99) or Professional Edition ($34.99). They are both based on a “New York Times” best-seller of the same name.
- Blausen Human Atlas
See the human body as never before in this iPhone app for nurse practitioners. It provides point-of-care access to 3D animations of common medical treatments and conditions with accompanying narration. You can even use it to manipulate illustrations with the touch of a finger. Currently selling for $19.99.
- Mediquations
The app brings over 229 medical calculations and scoring tools to your fingertips with the simplicity and elegance of leading iPhone applications. It was designed by a neurosurgery resident and has support for US and SI units, along with many other functions. Purchase for $4.99.
- Medical Spanish
No matter what your proficiency in the language is, this app contains loads of terms just for the nurse practitioner or other healthcare professional. Containing over 5,000 phrases, it separates them by different categories depending on usage and orders. There are even over 3,000 audio phrases for those who just can’t pronounce. The price of $4.99 can have you communicating with patients like never before.
And the above top 15 iPhone apps for nurse practitioners on the go is just the beginning. There are many other healthcare and functionality apps to choose from. Honorable mentions go to
Nurse Tabs for helping teach nursing students all they need to know with brief, simple descriptions. Another good maker of iPhone apps for the nurse practitioner is
DoctorCalc. They feature nine different medical iPhone apps from lab values to a patient tracker.