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Best 10 Nursing Reference Apps
Drug, disease and diagnostic information right at your fingertips. Find all your nursing references when you need them most with a variety of nursing apps.
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Nursing reference apps can be very helpful for current nurses and nursing students alike as these hardworking individuals have to remember a variety of information while caring for patients.
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Nursing Drug Handbook
Lippincott Williams Wilkins
Medical
Get full access to 1,000 generic & 2,300 trade drug entries plus weekly updates!
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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ICU Drugs
GangareBoy
Education
Drugs Used in Intensive Care Unit..
for pharmacist, doctors and nurses..50K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Nurse’s Drug Handbook
MobiSystems
Medical
Handbook includes more than 3,000 brand-name drugs and 1,000 generic drugs.
500K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
$29.99![App Store]()
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Picmonic: Nursing school RN LPN NP NCLEX AANP ANCC
Picmonic Inc
Education
Remember More in Less Time with the best mnemonic video + quiz study tool ever!
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Nurses' Health Assessment
Unbound Medicine, Inc
Medical
** Detailed Visual “See and Do” Approach to Health Assessment **
10K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2021
Skyscape Medpresso Inc
Medical
1K Generic, 4K Trade names, Black Box Alerts and Com coverage of IV Drug Admin
50K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Nursing Calculator
Nurse
Medical
Inotrope Calculations, IV rate, Deficit corrections, Nursing assessment scores
10K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
AtmosphereApps
Medical
Seventeenth Edition provides today's most comprehensive nursing drug guide
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Nurse's Drug Handbook
AtmosphereApps
Medical
The most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference available
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Clinical Nursing Skills - Step-by-step directions
Skyscape Medpresso Inc
Medical
Davis's Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills- Powered by Skyscape
50K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Sephora - Buy Makeup, Cosmetics, Hair & Skincare
Sephora USA, Inc.
Beauty
Get free shipping on all orders for a limited time! Use Code FREESHIP.
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CVS/pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy
Shopping
The official CVS/pharmacy® app for prescriptions, ExtraCare® coupons and photo.
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AE + Aerie: Jeans, Dresses, Swimsuits & Bralettes
American Eagle Outfitters
Shopping
Check Out The Updated AEO + Aerie App.
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SoundCloud - Play Music, Audio & New Songs
SoundCloud
Music & Audio
The 🌎’s largest audio and music 🎶streaming platform, with over 200M tracks 🏆
100M+ Downloads
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching critical care nursing, critical care nursing app, drug dosing and 4 other keywords. From there, we retrieved a total of 1,489 unique apps (832 Android apps and 657 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
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Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 1,489 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Nursing Reference Apps for both Android & iOS.
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