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RN-developed med dosage calculator.


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 is expected next year for the InforMed pac2 hand-held dosage calculator, which was developed by former RN Katharine Francis. The system has a central drug library that delivers medication decision support to nurses as needed as needed prn. See prn order.  and can track and warn against incorrect calculations

"There are a lot of different devices out there to increase patient safety but this is the only device that appears to works in that critical time just before the nurse administers the drug. One key factors in the devise is it is very nurse friendly and will not be technology that will just collect dust.

The InformMed system uses a central drug library that is customized by the hospital pharmacy A hospital pharmacy is concerned with pharmacy service to all types of hospital and differs considerably from a community pharmacy.

Some pharmacists in hospital pharmacies may have more complex clinical medication management issues whereas pharmacists in community
 to deliver medication decision support as needed. The system also tracks a nurse's calculations and displays system warnings when calculations appear in error.

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Title Annotation:News You Can Use; registered nurses
Publication:Nevada RNformation
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Date:Feb 1, 2008
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