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7 Reasons Why Nurses Need a Tablet: Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad2, or Nook Tablet

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Tablets have become an exciting game changer in technology and healthcare. Nurses can benefit from owning tablets and the Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple iPad 2, and Nook Tablet are all worth taking a look at. It is no secret that this nerdy nurse is a fan of tablet computers. I still swoon over my iPad [...]

Organize Your Life With NeatReceipts Portable Scanner and Digital Filing System: Review

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NeatReceipts is a mobile scanner and digital filing system to help you tame that paper monster in your life.

NeatReceipts and the NeatDesk are smart scanning solution that does more than just scan your documents. NeatReceipts transforms your digital documents into and organized and easily manageable file system. If you’re covered in mounds of paper that you just can’t bare to part with The Neat Company may just be your digital savior.

Best Buy’s Blazing Black Friday Blowout

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Black Friday is sort of like living in gated community. You love it or you hate it. You either embrace it for it’s value, take advantage of all the benefits, and utilize your social skills to make the best of the situation, or your get ran over by a cart (shopping or golf).

But if you like to live a little on the edge, and don’t mind doing a little cart dodging, you might find that Black Friday shopping, just like POA living, has far more rewards than benefits. Case in point: The Sites you will see and the stories you wi have to tell.

#ITnurse Twitter Chat & Healthcare Bloggers

It’s time that nurses get together and engage in conversations about using technology to improve healthcare care. Whether you are a bedside nurse, nursing student, nurse informaticist, or just have an interest in healthcare IT, this chat is for you! Please join us by searching for the hashtag #ITnurse on twitter, or by using a service like Tweetchat or similar webapp.

Apps for Boys & Apps for Girls iPhone App Review

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Do you have a child that is constantly asking to you your iPhone, iTouch, or iPad? Do you want a good, easy to use, and FREE resource to help you find apps that they will love? Yes and Yes, you say?

We’ll We’ve found the Apps for you then: Apps for Boys and Apps for Girls.

My Diet Coach Pro: Android App Review

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My Diet Coach Pro is the follow-up to the popular My Diet Coach Android App which has had over 25,000 downloads on Google’s Android Marketplace. The $1.99 Android app builds upon the features that users loved in the original version with added features they’ve been waiting for. My Diet Coach Pro has motivational weight-loss tips, reminders, diet diary, exercise plans, weight tracking and charting, calorie counters and calculators, all wrapped up into one tidy little app.

Need an Ultrasound? There’s an App for that!

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So you need to get an Ultrasound? No need to line up an appointment, doctor’s order, technician, and pay some enormous fee. Nah… There’s an App for that!

Remembering Steve Jobs: Beloved Apple Genius Has Died

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I’m no technology genius of any sort, but Steve Jobs was a man that inspired me through his creations and focus on quality of life. He made my phone more impressive and amazing than I ever thought possible. He nursed technology. He cared about it deeply and wanted it to make our lives better.

HandStand for iPad and iPad2 Holder Case Review

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The HandStand is a bit of an innovation in iPad cases because it addresses something that most cases do not: the need for a hand strap.The HandStand for iPad delivers it’s promise when it states “The revolution is at hand.” And why is that? You may ask. Well the darn thing swivels around a full 360 degrees, so literally, the iPad makes a revolution in your hand!

Big Changes For the Nerdy Nurse: New Job, New Beetle, & Buying a Home

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In a recent entry I discussed landing a Professional Nerdy Nurse job, (Clinical Informatics Specialist). I could not be more excited about this. Not only is it an opportunity to do what I have been longing to, but for the first time in my life I feel like I’m going to be working somewhere that will value me for all I have to offer. I feel that like I will opportunities for growth and the ability to make real changes in the organization and healthcare. I also thrilled with how friendly and approachable my new boss is.