Like many other professions, having information readily available is a plus. The same could be said for the journey of becoming a nurse as well. There are many different iPhone applications that can be beneficial to you if you’re a nursing student. From descriptions of diseases (including signs and symptoms) to medications and what they are used to treat, a nursing student who has a lot of information on-hand will no doubt do well in their pursuit to become a nurse. Here are 10 must-have iPhone applications that every nursing student can benefit from.

Nursing Central

With the Nursing Central application a student can have instant access to all sorts of detailed information relevant to the nursing world. The information is written by and for nurses so you know they know what they’re talking about. There’s information on more than 4,500 drugs, and more than 56,000 dictionary terms available. With Nursing Central you’ll get Taber’s Medical Dictionary, Davis’s Drug Guide, unbound MEDLINE and much more. This application requires a registration at the cost of $159.95.
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IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony) is a general term for the technologies that use the Internet Protocol’s packet-switched connections to exchange voice, fax, and other forms of information that have traditionally been carried over the dedicated circuit-switched connections of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Using the Internet, calls travel as packets of data on shared lines, avoiding the tolls of the PSTN. The challenge in IP telephony is to deliver the voice, fax, or video packets in a dependable flow to the user. Much of IP telephony focuses on that challenge. Read rest of review…

Any network that encompasses a large geographic area is referred to as a WAN or Wide Area Network. Many large businesses and government agencies use WANs to keep their employees and citizens connected as well as provide a quick and effective way to send and receive information. WANs often connect multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks (LANs) or metro area networks (MANs).
The world’s most popular WAN is the Internet. Some segments of the Internet, like VPN-based extranets, are also WANs in themselves. Finally, many WANs are corporate or research networks that utilize leased lines.
WANs generally utilize different and much more expensive networking equipment than do LANs. Key technologies often found in WANs include SONET, Frame Relay, and ATM. Read rest of review…