Nursing Central App Reviews

All information is removed the moment you don’t renew. They don’t provide a moment of grace period!

Be aware: No Black Box Warnings in Davi’s drug guide. Otherwise is super quick, thorough, and helpful.

I started taking the NCLEX prep quizzes, and the rationales are absolutely horrible. They make no sense and contradict the question. It makes absolutely literally no sense whatsoever. If you’re looking for a positive outcome, and you list a positive outcome, you get the question wrong and in the explanation it will say it’s wrong because it’s a positive outcome. Do 3 year olds write these quizzes or the rationales?

Lots of nursing info. App layout is a little confusing at times though.

I cannot get any use out of this. I launch the app and attempt to sign in – and receive the message that “the network connection was lost . . . please try again.” No matter how many times I try, the network connection is immediately lost. This happens on cell data and WiFi both. I have been unable to access app support to rectify this. I paid money for the app, and I paid for access to classes. Is this some kind of branch of Trump University?

I got this app because nursing school highly recommended it. Plus with all the books I had to carry I thought it was worth a try. After 15 months of using it I can safely and confidently say this: don’t bother with this company and get a good nursing drug app like Davis’s Drug Guide for nurses (or just buy the book). This company reels you in by taking advantage of your lack of knowledge. They ‘allow’ you to use the app (that YOU paid for in full) for 12 months. Then require you pay for another renewal. You can keep using the app on your PHONE (after 12 months)only; you can’t login online via your laptop/computer. But if you change phones then you no longer have access to the Unbound app on your new phone. So take it from a nursing student, don’t bother with this app. Wish I would have saved myself the money. I plan to buy a nursing drug app and leave it at that!

extremely helpful for nursing students

I got a new phone and lost my password. They told me my account had expired. For hundreds of dollars I expect an app to never expire. That’s ridiculous.

I love this app. I use it every day at work. I’ve told my colleagues about it and I always recommend it to new grads. People say it’s expensive, but if you bought everything separately, it would be more than twice as much. AND I remind nurses and nursing students that it’s tax deductible!

I like centralizing the info and the the app does that beautifully. I am very irritated to discover that most of the journals that the app presented as being included in the “cost” of the app if you paid for premium access, are in fact barely searchable. God help you if you actually find an article that you’d like to or want to read- 90% of the time that content costs extra. That’s right: on top of paying for the privilege of being a “premium member”, they want you to fork out more cash per article if you have the gall to try to read them. Save yourself the money and invest time to visit a public or school library. Same journals there, free access and they let you read them at no extra cost. You just have to put forth extra effort for them rather than the small convenience of a centralized collection on your phone.

I use this app regularly. I highly recommend for nursing students.

So far I love using nursing center. I help me do my homework by finding relabel information. My one wish to include video to explain about drugs, treatments, and disease.

Convenient and quick reference while in class, home studying, and clinical.

Worth every penny!! Just having access to the drug guide itself makes this app so convenient—no toting around that book everywhere you go!!!

Love the app but since the recent update it keeps crashing.

When the syllabus for my MedSurg class gave getting the Nursing Central app as an option instead of buying 3 separate textbooks, I was worried that it wouldn’t be as helpful, but I am so glad that I got it anyway. This app has so much applicable information that is necessary for nurses to know, and after using it for a few months now, I can’t imagine going through nursing school without it. Also, unlike any textbooks, I have it with me everywhere I go, which is perfect for when I have to look up different drugs during clinical. Nursing Central has helped me regularly since I bought it, and I would highly recommend it to any nursing student or nurse who is considering doing the same.

LOVE this app! Wouldn’t make it through clinical without it.

Couldn’t get through my nursing program without Nursing Central in my pocket.

The sound is not working within the app.

Great reference tool for nurses. I use mine almost every day I'm working for looking up meds and diagnosis that I'm not familiar with. This app is helpful in many ways!

I've had this app for six years and it never lets me down. It is a great wealth of information and it helps me to be a better nurse.

Love this app! It was required for my Nursing Program. We all dragged our feet about the cost, but it is well worth the money!

This app was AMAZING. I never needed a textbook or google or anything. I highly recommended it to all of my nurse friends. But now, for the past year or so (after putting in I think $250 into this app), THIS APP IS HORRIBLE. Literally every single time I open this app it won't let me look up the info I need because it has to update. I just updated it last week! And the week before that! Normally I am very patient about an app needing an update, but this app sometimes takes HOURS to update. I could just use google and get the same info much quicker. Also about 90% of the time, it'll get to its final leg of the update and then tell me that it has failed to update due to connection or storage unavailable. So obnoxious. Why would you (app developers I hope you are reading this) have me waiting HOURS to use this app just for you to tell me the update failed due to connection? Why not tell me that right off the bat? And storage issues..? This app shouldn't take up so much space on my phone. Maybe they can get rid of the less used features when they are making room for all this "new", "great" stuff that I don't even use. I use it to look up meds and some diseases. That's it. I'm very unhappy with this app and I consider it a waste of money and would NOT recommend to anyone. I would love to speak with someone from customer service of this app if possible. Advice? Stop making the updates so frequent, stop forcing me to update before I can do anything on the app, stop making the app take up so much space and stop making the app update take hours. Thank you.

All of my drugs and labs are explained so well!

I tried several times to create an account but the Orion to do so never comes up on the sign in screen. I tried deleting and re downloading the app and even resetting my phone but nothing works. I need to use this app ASAP for school.

Replaces EVERY book you'll need for nursing school (except for required course books). By far the best credible nursing resource App out there.

Originally I paid $289 or something ridiculous for this app. Now they want more money for the app. Renewing parts of it for $99 for a year. I don’t really use it at all due to having to pay and pay for it. Better apps out there for less money.

I have learned so much from this app! Everything is organized and very easy to find.

I have had this app since my 3rd semester in nursing school and I wish I got it sooner as it has so many good resources for clinical. I even used this app to help me study for my NCLEX and it has been so helpful!! As a registered nurse today, I still use this app for helpful information and I still find myself using it to look up certain medications I am not familiar with. It is a must download app and is worth your money.

It's expensive. But for nursing school and a working environment, I couldn't have asked for anything better. I wish I had learned about it earlier. It would have saved hours upon hours through school of tedious and monotonous work. Would definitely purchase it again. Using it on both the iPad Pro and a 6s. No problems at all!

Is great for any nurse student or practitioner ☺️

I bought this app 2 years ago as a new nurse, and still use it all the time. Y-site compatibility is what I reference most. I feel a certain peace of mind that the content is current and correct.

Great for parent meetings and impromptu items you may not remember.

This product is excellent for students, faculty, and clinical faculty. It puts clinical information needed for classroom, clinical, and simulation experiences in their hands to make evidence-based decisions. It has tools to help students study NCLEX-RN questions, create flash cards, and selected notes. The search feature is great in assisting in finding evidence, reading the research, and evaluating abstracts from saved journals. It is a robust product that integrates all the books one would need in nursing school and gives you so much more that it is useful after graduation.

However, here are some minor changes that can make it perfect. Such as password recovery. Also, more ways to customize the app itself. So far I've enjoyed it ; however, I expected some much better given the price range.

If you are in patient care, please get this App. I am an RN and been using this app for 5 years now. It saves me time looking up Meds, Labs, and medical terminology. It's a little expensive, $100 a year, but well worth the investment. I write it off on my taxes. You need to be work smarter and more importantly practice safe nursing. Having the subscription will always keep you up to date.

Updates deleted content multiple times and updates weren't ever completed. Customer Supports only offer to help is uninstall and try again.

Use this app on a daily basis. Wish I would have bought it sooner.

I was required to buy this for nursing school and I absolutely love how helpful this is. I use it all the time to look up terms I need quick refreshers on, and also this took away the use of writing out med sheets!! After graduating nursing school, I still use this regularly at work. As a new grad, it helps me out tremendously.

Disappointed in this update. I want my old Nursing Central back, which I used daily.

As a clinical instructor I try to use the app and encourage students to look up the pt diagnosis to aid with nursing diagnosis. Simple and basic things like GI bleed. Not there. Tried to use it to allow students to see how to care for J tube. It gave about at two sentence definition. Just not at all nearly as helpful as I would have hoped considering what they paid. After failing to find info in the app I just open my FREE MEDSCAPE APP AND AM ABLE TO ACTUALLY HELP THEM.

This is an impeccable resource.

Previous review: Using this on my new iPhone 6s Plus is quite frustrating. I got the bigger screen to view more info on the screen but this app DOES NOT run in native resolution. It is a zoomed view and I can't get over it! Now with native resolution! Thanks guys!

I got this app in nursing school. It has been very helpful in all of my nursing jobs and personal life. I use it more than the medication tools at work. I highly recommend it. I mostly use the drug and dictionary features.

Has all the info I need. Up to date. I use it every day for work - Home Health Nurse.

I use this app primarily for medications. This is where it shines. However, there are information gaps with the app as a whole. I have the basic subscription plan, but some procedures I look up can't be found on this app or has a vague/minuscule definition. Finally, this app does not take full advantage of iOS. iOS updates provided a way to allow apps to be searchable on their search bar. I thought this function would be perfect for an app like this. Instead of fumbling through multiple apps to find and search for something nursing related, you can type in the search bar of the phone and it pulls results from the Nursing Central app. This app is great and shines where it shines but could be better as stated above Also, add in core measures like AMI, SCIP, etc.

Lo E the app and resources. I just wish it had a search engine for peer review articles!

However, I stopped using it a couple years ago due to technical issues that they just didn't seem to be able to fix. After loving this app for a couple years I wasn't able to access my content even though I paid for it and they just kept saying reinstall and try again. I'm a busy mom and full time nurse. I did give them several opportunities to fix the issue but I finally gave up and found another app. I came back today to see if it was still so expensive and decided that it's just not worth that much money every year!!! There are much cheaper options out there!

Easy to use! It's worth it.

One of the most comprehensive and helpful apps for nursing school! The only complaint is requiring an update every time you login, is impractical! Because time of the essence a lot of times when you are trying to look sth up quickly, and wifi it's not always available & data plans aren't cheap! If they address this issue and don't make it mandatory to update content at each login, the app would be close to perfect!

Everything I need for nursing school and clinicals, right at my fingertips, quick and easy to find built in tools and information. LOVE.

This was the best nursing app for referencing information. It has a helpful desktop version too that you can access online, but I love using this on my phone and iPad. This was a huge time saver for when I was in school. Very quick and easy to find information. It's like having several reference text books combined into one. Great for medications, labs and diagnostics, and medical definitions. I'm out of school now, and I'm selling most my text books because this is my favorite reference. Love it! A must-have for any nursing student and nurse!

Everything and anything is at ur fingertips with this app! I love it and use it pretty much every day!

If you don't have it, get it!! Have used it since nursing school and throughout my practice as a working RN.

This app is so useful in teaching students about diseases and the associated meds and labs. The links throughout help students make connections between disease process, treatment, and nursing care. The ability to make review decks in Grasp helps students focus on critical content they need to prepare for exams and clinicals. This was worth the money to purchase for each student... love it!

No matter what your main field of concentration is in, this great app will help you. I use this when I'm on the floor providing care and in the class room. Do yourself a favor and purchase this app..

We had to purchase this app for my accelerated nursing program and it's been very helpful. Looking up drugs is easy rather by typing or when using Siri. Tons of information for each drug that is updated regularly. The only thing is that the "route/dosage" section can be slightly confusing at times if not read carefully. Otherwise I love it. My mom is a nurse and really liked how easy it was to use and downloaded the free version for herself.

With this one App students and practicing nurses can have every clinical resource they need at their fingertips! I highly recommend this app for my students!

First semester Nursing student and this app is fabulously wonderful!!! Extremely helpful and easy to use!!!

Must have app for nurses and nursing students. I use it everyday in nursing school and will continue to use it after graduation in my nursing career.

I've only just begun to use this app, but have already found it extremely helpful as an all-in-one reference tool. Who wouldn't appreciate that?! 👍👍👍

Love the app, hate the constant updates. Every time I open the program it wants to update. It shouldn't need to do this 6-8 times in one day. And they take forever to finish. Lots of time wasted!

This is an excellent reference tool for students and practicing professional nurses alike. I utilize it in my patient care as well as in the education of my nursing students in a clinical setting.

This app is the best all in one nursing app I have found to date!!

If the Oracle at Delphi were confined to medical questions, and you could have that wisdom at your fingertips...well, that pretty much sums up what this app delivers. Expensive? Not when you consider the functionality, completeness, and elegance of this application. Constantly upgraded and updated with the latest knowledge, it has quickly become my go-to source in nursing school, and I have a feeling it shall be my favorite reference for years to come. Many apps promise the moon...this is the only one that delivers. Run, don't walk...you found it.

CONVENIENT. Not just because you are not having to lug around the books it replaces but also because the data is more easily accessible and far better organized than eBooks. The Glimpse feature is phenomenal. Download the app and try it. But buy it from Unbound, not the AppStore. You may be eligible for a deep discount if you already have one of the bundled apps. Also, there are add-ons like "IV Medications" that you may need. This app is totally worth having but I hope the renewal price is reduced in the future as I don't want to be spending al that cash every year for the rest of my nursing career. Only four stars for its high price.

Pros: 1. It has an easy to read, straight to the point format. It saved my b*** so many times on the job as a new grad. 2. The information listed covers everything you need to know in everyday lingo. 3. I prefer over micromedex. Easier to read. Cons: 1. It requires frequent updates and if you refuse to update, it won't work. Updating uses up memory on your iPhone/iPod, etc. 2. Only thing micromedex does better is the IV compatibility format.

I use this everyday at work! It is such a great resource for new and old nurses

I use it every day

Good information but I can never use the app when I need it. There are way too many updates whenever I need to open the app. It becomes a nuisance when you need information but can't get it.

I love the way the information is organized. The biggest complaint I have is that the Davis drug guide does not state the control category. It would be great if it did that right where it lists the pregnancy category.

Love this app! I'm always using it!

My nursing school professor recommended this to me and I am so thankful! So much information in one place and so easily accessible!

Nursing student. Still discovering all the resources it contains. Loving it!

Great app! Sometimes too picky about med name spelling.

This is amazing! I have been using it to check drug knowledge and create care plans for nursing school. I am sure this will be a great resource as I move through my nursing career.

I purchased Nursing Central instead of the three book pack for nursing school, a far more practical option compared to dragging basically dictionaries and encyclopedias to clinicals where space is a premium and none can be carried in my scrub pockets while on the floor which is where I need these reference books. So this feature is huge in its self. I also purchased two other apps in the same family of Unbound Medicine apps, the Nursing Pocket Diagnosis, and the Taylor Handbook of Clinical Nursing Skills. Despite many the advantages of having these apps all available within one app that I can keep in my pocket and use at any time during my clinicals (my hospital has conceded to the fact that people can get far more done, and learn far more by have immediate internet access or access to apps such as these while on duty, so my hospital allows us to have and use our phones while on the floor). Overall this is a good product, I wish Unbound would make necessary improvements to make these apps more functional. One major issue I have and this is just completely unacceptable is the fact the NANDA Dx's are out of date. They are only current till the last NANDA convention, I think as of 2014, this app doesn't reflect new diagnoses, discontinued, or modified diagnoses, that is entirely unacceptable. It does not include Fluid Volume, Deficit. NANDA is a living breathing entity that is reviewed and updated every two years and this app needs to be continuously updated to reflect this fact. I could go on and on about several of the many smaller problems but I won't. I still recommend this app but it needs many updates.

For nursing students and recent grads ! This app has a wealth of info! Very useful!

Don't know how I lived with out it

Lots of info and no heavy books!

It is nice to have everything in one place. I love being able to search all books at once and choose which one to read!! I wish I had found this while I was still in school!!!

Really great app! Very useful! Only downfall is it's so dang expensive! I think $50 would have been plenty sufficient for what this app has to offer!

The best

Excellent for quick reference!

This app is essential for nursing students. It has everything you need & it is only a couple seconds away. It is definitely worth every penny, I will continue to use it thought my career! I also had no loading problems like some of the prior reviews.

Worth the money

I have loved having this app. It has helped so much through nursing school! Has everything you need in one place. Only problem I've had is recently the illustrations haven't been showing. I have contacted tech support and they are currently trying to help me figure out what has happened to cause this. Still haven't figured out the problem but they were very quick to respond and help! Thanks Nursing Central!!

I definitely recommend this app to nursing students. I love it, and it has been very helpful to me thus far. I am very thankful to my instructors for making it mandatory for us to download the app and use.

It has everything and is so helpful when studying!

I love this app. I use it all the time. It's easy to use and convenient when I need to look up a diagnosis.

Excellent tool for nurses. Can work with out it. Love it👍

I bought it through my tuition fee. They told me that will be mine after graduate. Very disappointed. It’a very expensive to buy on app.