PDA for Nursing use

decryption · 22nd July 2005, 12:53 AM

My girlfriend is doing her clinical placement in a few weeks and needs a PDA to store her drug encyclopedia, drug calculator, diagnosis guide and to act as a calculator/timetable/notetaker.

The PDA doesn't need stuff like wireless, camera or the ability to play music/video. All she needs is a PDA with a crisp screen and one that is light and compact with good battery life.

I'm looking at the HP rz1710, which can be had for $290, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any other models around that range. $300 would really be the max here.

thrillhouse · 22nd July 2005, 10:51 PM

If you don't mind buying a secondhand model then I am selling my Ipaq2210 in the forsale section. It comes with various accessories, CF card to store data on, so if the battery does go flat all is not lost as it would still be on the CF card.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=388897

The screen is very good, and is only slightly bigger then the rz1710. Things to consider, the 2210 has a faster processor, and more RAM, giving close to instant responsiveness. The 2210 doesn't do landscape though, (It runs WM2003, WM2003SE), so this might be a bad thing/non issue.

Happy to answer any questions.

Kelvin · 23rd July 2005, 2:26 PM

If you are interested in a HP2210..
I can offer you mine at a reasonable price...
location Kew 3101 (close enough to richmond)..
All boxes and mauals included...
Upgraded to a PDA phone a little while ago...

Basically has CF / SD slots and bluetooth making it a look more expandable than the 1710... (which you should be able to get for around $249 I think from Cworld... they dropped as low as $199 at one stage....)

dink · 27th July 2005, 7:00 AM

I believe that a lot of doctors and nurses actually use PalmOS devices. Apparently all the good medical software is made for PalmOS, or at least used to be. Check that out first before you commit to buying a device.

wtneo · 27th July 2005, 8:08 PM

most medic softwares have versions for palm and ppc. most use palm, but there is a trend of going into pocketpc.

pocketpc is more prone to crashing though.

22nd July 2005, 12:53 AM	#1
decryption Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: St. Albans, Melbourne Posts: 2,268	PDA for Nursing use My girlfriend is doing her clinical placement in a few weeks and needs a PDA to store her drug encyclopedia, drug calculator, diagnosis guide and to act as a calculator/timetable/notetaker. The PDA doesn't need stuff like wireless, camera or the ability to play music/video. All she needs is a PDA with a crisp screen and one that is light and compact with good battery life. I'm looking at the HP rz1710, which can be had for $290, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any other models around that range. $300 would really be the max here. __________________ MacTalk - Australia's Largest Apple Forum HEY INTERNET! - My personal blog

22nd July 2005, 10:51 PM	#2
thrillhouse Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: sydney sydney sydney Posts: 1,770	If you don't mind buying a secondhand model then I am selling my Ipaq2210 in the forsale section. It comes with various accessories, CF card to store data on, so if the battery does go flat all is not lost as it would still be on the CF card. http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=388897 The screen is very good, and is only slightly bigger then the rz1710. Things to consider, the 2210 has a faster processor, and more RAM, giving close to instant responsiveness. The 2210 doesn't do landscape though, (It runs WM2003, WM2003SE), so this might be a bad thing/non issue. Happy to answer any questions. __________________ TenBuckTees Digital \| Screen \| Vinyl \| Embroidery \| Printing on tshirts and more \| PM me

23rd July 2005, 2:26 PM	#3
Kelvin Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,668	If you are interested in a HP2210.. I can offer you mine at a reasonable price... location Kew 3101 (close enough to richmond).. All boxes and mauals included... Upgraded to a PDA phone a little while ago... Basically has CF / SD slots and bluetooth making it a look more expandable than the 1710... (which you should be able to get for around $249 I think from Cworld... they dropped as low as $199 at one stage....) Last edited by Kelvin; 23rd July 2005 at 2:27 PM.

27th July 2005, 8:08 PM	#5
wtneo Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: melbourne Posts: 250	most medic softwares have versions for palm and ppc. most use palm, but there is a trend of going into pocketpc. pocketpc is more prone to crashing though.