appy new year

last year i used my ipod touch tons, and a few of my blogging friends have been sharing what apps they have, so i thought i would share what i have on mine. i use my itouch a lot travelling, in the car, cramped spaces where i can't do anything else, and also at work as a pocket PC, so it has mostly apps and music, and not much else. for some reason lately i have not been able to sync movies with it, which is annoying.

anyway here they are

by the way these are all free


for work:

MedCalc - use it all the time for calculating infusions, BMI, BSA, dosage calculations. So. Awesome. it even has quick buttons for stuff like glasgow coma scale, IV drip rates, unit conversions, etc etc etc. it's totally sweet, and i hate dosage calculations and second guess myself a lot (especially with dobutamine or milrinone drips which i manage frequently) so it is super awesome.

Calculator & Clock - i know it comes with it but i use it all the time! the clock, It has a second hand! I dont need to wear a watch anymore! Yes!! Seriously, I don't wear a watch. For those of you who aren't RNs that may sound like whatever, why would you wear a watch, but i've been in nursing a long time and always hated wearing a watch but always had to wear a watch and was always fearful of my MRSA laden watch. No more. also no more calculator clipboard combos lying around.

Epocrates - handy, handy, handy pill identifier. working clinic days my patient always says "well i take the purple pill but i don't know what it is for, here you go"... i seriously have a few patients a week bringing in bottles of unidentifable pills. 9 out of 10 i can identify and then verify with the PharmD.

Notes - also came with the itouch, but so handy.

MPR - helpful for quick prescribing / look ups... i know by heart the dosing for beta blockers, arbs, aces, statins, lovenox etc. but oftentimes when you have worked in a specialty so long we all end up looking at each other when we have to remember how to prescribe a simple antibiotic. uhh amoxicillin comes in what doses?? for how many days? whats another name for benadryl again?

Eponyms - ever wonder what all those names of disease and tests Dr. House throws around on TV mean? or in my case Dr. Cardiologist i work with who seems to know every bizzare test or strangely named condition to test for? Allen's test (ok i actually know that one because i use it a lot before radial caths), Carvajal syndrome, Gregg effect, Landolfi's sign, Louvel's sign, Virchow's triad... "yes doctor i know exactly what you are talking about of course... as soon as i search for it in eponyms..."

Google -- hey, what? sometimes i forget what the different between hypo and hyperthyroidism is. or i want to know the name of that actor who played in that one SyFy show that one time. and look it up while at work. on company time. to win and argument with a coworker.

XRayFX Lite - k. not medical at all. it totally makes your itouch look like its taking an xray of your hand. ive used this with both pediatric and elderly patients if they are super tense and we just aren't hitting it off, especially if i have to do something invasive or uncomfortable like a tough IV start, or something like that. the old people think it is real at first, which is fun. well for me. there is one guy out there who still believes my itouch can xray hands because i was interrupted before i had a chance to tell him.

flashlight - cuz sometimes it is dark. in there. in that patient. i do have a penlight type LED light on my stethoscope, but this bright white light is kinda nice too sometimes. this may sound weird but vascular clinic days we monitor patient's LE ulcers with digital photos, and ive used this to help with the lighting... yah ok that does sound weird to say outloud.

the epocrates disease game - ohmygosh the grossest diagnosis game EVAR. but so addicting. i played it on a long bus ride once, probably not the best combo with motion sickness. is it atopic dermatitis? psoriasis ? seborrheic dermatitis? they will give you an actual picture to guess from. but you only have 30 seconds. usually i am guessing having no idea (pathophysiology 101 was a long time ago) but it feels so good when i am right! ha!! aortic coarctation!

Auscultation - pretty sweet app that takes you through the sounds of cardiac, pulmonary and abdominal auscultation exams. i have such a hard time with my cardiac heart sound exams, and differentiating types of murmurs and stuff, that im hoping my listening to this every now and again will help me out. it has already helped with my problem with figuring out bruits.

there are a few other drug look up programs on my itouch, but i havent used them lately. usually epocrates suffices.



for funzies:

weather -- my favorite. i love weather! i have a few weather apps. some are more detailed than others. the simple weather one is fun enough for me most of the time, i have preset the weather in like a bunch of random cities everywhere around the world, and i like scrolling through and looking at what the weather is like in those places. pretending i am there. i also have it set to cities where friends and family are, like seattle, LA, oklahoma, dracut :) just for funzies.

Google Earth -- sooo cool. even though google earth is like so five years ago, i still cant get over teh awesome ness of it. i can see my house!

Uno - Uno! Everyone likes to play Uno!

TapWord - basically boggle. but with a cool middle eastern techno beat. ya yah!

iReversi - it's othello

Blowfish -- cute little blowfish! floating around! you make them grow to block stuff and whatnot, its fun, but im bad at it

Falling Gems - by far the best itouch game, most well loved, well worn game on my itouch

Hangman - play this with family a lot

Crossword - meh,its ok. not as good as i thought i'd be but im too lazy to look for another crossword app

paper toss - reminds me of my cubicle days. i love this app

pac-man -- yay!!

lightsaber - fun! zap, zwoosh, zap! you can choose a couple different types of light sabers, and then wave your itouch around making light saber war noises.

Dice Roller - this is good when you need dice, but you dont have any. like you dont have to worry about losing the monopoly dice anymore.

fish tycoon lite - i like looking at the fishies. i dont have any real pets at home so y'know

20 Q's Mindreader -- it knows! it always knows the answer! except when it doesnt

waterslide extreme - the graphics are so cool, coolest waterslides ever, one of those tilt the itouch games. and i was delighted to find out i could totally make my person fall out of the slide and die. so realistic! (and adding to my already huge fear of real life waterslides... now im even more prepared for next summer!)

Unblock Me - i like this puzzle game! it keeps me occupied. it makes me think.

Whac-a-mole - reminds me of chuck e cheese games. :) its fun

TouchPets - i have a cute virtual puppy. that is severely neglected. reminds me of nanopets back n the day

Glow Hockey - fun air hockey table game, cool lights and cool sounds!

Solitaire -- still love this game. i have like 8 versions of it including spider

ragdoll lite - addictive and ridiculous

iBloom - i have no idea how i got this random app but it has pretty flowers on it

Jumbline Lite - wordsearch type game- fun

wordpopper - nother word game

word dash - yet another word game!!



other stuff:


QuietNoise - the cheapo version of white noise. ahhh.

urbanspoon - find noms at your current location. there is probably a better restaraunt app out there but im too lazy to search for one.

flickr - you know i love my flickr friends!

remote - its an apple remote for my mac, or any mac nearby

kobo, beamitdown, kindle, etc -- all for downloading and reading ebooks. all of the books i have downloaded i have gotten for free!

SnatchTest - turns the itouch screen into a mousepad for any nearby mac, i.e. our mac mini that is hooked up to our TV

iTranslate - translates. like. everything. into anything. from anything.

Bible & Logos - a bunch of versions of the Bible, and also it lets me access Josh's logos library (a lot of books)

GuitarTuner - it plays each string so you can tune your guitar

iHandy Level - level

Mars Hill - streaming access to my old church's media stuff

Nike Training / Nike ipod - workout routines and videos and whatnots

Errands - make lists of stuffs you need while you're out. ive never used it but i keep thinking someday i might use it.

facebook - for being on the facebooks

echofon - for being on the twitters.