PEPID RN OVERVIEW

Nurses in all specialties will save time and increase their accuracy by having immediate access to all the clinical information a nurse requires. With this acclaimed fully integrated resource, in less than one minute, you can access IV drug incompatibilities, interactions, dosing - even IV drip without leaving the patient''s bedside. 2200 topics with nursing considerations make PEPID RN the only all-in-one nursing reference. This is the fastest point-of-care decision support software available. One program, all the resources, accessed via a handheld/PDA, or via our Online (Internet) platform. Improve efficiency, add PEPID to all your patient care computers!

PEPID RN FACTS AND FEATURES

This fully integrated and comprehensive reference includes:

• 2200 Disease and Trauma topics with detailed diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment, nursing considerations and nursing diagnosis
• Instant access to Immediate Lifesaving Protocols BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, RSI, procedures, quick drugs and drips, toxidromes, and algorithms
• 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. And, a Narcotics Equianalgesic calculator, too!
• 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
• 600 Color Illustrations for patient education, procedures and rhythm strips
• PEPID Laboratory Manual with 400 lab tests, normal ranges and related tests

Note: Oncology nurses will want to review the information contained in PEPID RN+ONS

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
• 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.
• Virtually every Medical Calculator you can ever need is included with direct links from relevant topics.
• Cross reference up to 50 drugs, herbal remedies and OTC medications simultaneously in our Drug Interactions module and get rated results with detailed explanations
• 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 Embedded Illustrations such as Dermatomes, Rule of 9''s and ECG 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.
• Free updates throughout the term of your subscription.