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Emergency Nurse Practitioner App. Erica Donovan This phone application comes from The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, whose guidelines I use often in my work. Don't let the fact that it has Nurse Practitioner in the title put you off. I am far from this level but it has some great information that I'm hoping to incorporate into my own practice. There is also another app from RCH which centres on Paediatric Intensive Care, however I find the Emergency Nurse Practitioner app more useful in the primary health care environment. The app is 100% free, and I haven't struck any of those terrible ads like some free apps have. I can only speak for using the app via Apple, but it is very functional and easy to read. From a bit of a play around the search function, it seems to be work really well. Some of the pathways contain refresher diagrams, or charts, both of which are handy because you're not just looking at screeds of text. There are sections based around body March 2019 L.O.G.I.C systems, and others more centred on specific issues like eczema or constipation. The links at the end of the pages provide great further reading, and other guides that might be helpful. Although certain policies might differ from your specific institution, this app gives a quick overview of the issues you might encounter working with children. For those who maybe don’t often assess children so often, the guide has a section with information about paediatric physiological differences and handy hints about how to position children for examination. There's a couple of screenshots below, but I'd highly recommend taking a look. If you're interested in downloading the app, the links are as below. https://play.google.com/store/ apps/details… And iTunes: https://itunes.apple.co m/…/emergency-nurse- pr…/id1364319462… 37