[NPInfo] Re: PDAs

Tue Jan 2 17:07:23 PST 2007

OK-
I have not participated til now, because I am not yet an NP (or even a NP 
student- I am just a wanna-be student at this point).
However, I have LOTS of experience with Epocrates:

Sometimes when Epocrates is being installed for the first time, it takes 
several syncs before it gets all the data installed.
During these syncs it may not sync all your other conduits (such as 
calendar, etc) if it is setup to reset your pda directly after the sync. 
If you sync a few times and get Epocrates fully installed, then the rest of 
the conduits will then sync.

If you have a Palm device, all you have to do to turn OFF the Epocrates sync 
(AFTER Epocrates is fully installed) is to right click on the hotsync icon 
in the bottom right corner of your computer, click on "custom", then 
highlight the Epocrates application, and click "change"  and you will have 
the option to turn it off.

Good luck!!

Roni

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy Groeger" <cgroeger at cox.net>
To: "'NP Info'" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs

>I too had problems synching my calendar after I had Epocrates. I think
> Epocrates is set up so that you HAVE to download the updates as you do 
> your
> calendar. Epocrates was "taking over" my PDA so I deleted it. I have
> Lexi-Comp now and I like it much better.
> Cathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
> Of Dena
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:26 PM
> To: 'NP Info'
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> I'm so glad I'm not going through this all by myself. Misery does so love
> company!! LOL I just, apparently, successfully downloaded the free 
> epocrates
> Rx so am feeling pretty good about myself right now. So, in using your
> rational and mature attitude of one step each day, I need to pat myself on
> the back for accomplishing something. I might not have mastered the whole
> thing in one one-hour session (damn this Quadruple Type A personality!!),
> but I have got my contact list and epocrates in place. Don't know what
> happened to all the stuff I put on my calendar...seem to not have made the
> synch. Guess I need to try that again....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
> Of Rose Moran-Kelly
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:58 PM
> To: NP Info
> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> Dena,
>   I just started to work with my Palm Z22 and have had the same
> frustration.  I also wanted to print my manual and decided that was not
> possible with 600+ pages.  I settled for learning how to sync my calendar
> and practice graffiti.  I also decided that I would tackle one area at a
> time.  I am going to learn how to enter addresses into the program on my
> computer at home and then hot sync it.
>    The real reason I wanted this little baby was for epocrates...and
> thought that my 3rd step would be to go back over my emails from this
> wonderful group and figure out the pluses/minuses of the particular
> programs.    So..I will be sharing your pain for a while...but it is a
> new year with lots of possibilities and we know we will learn at least 
> some
> new things this year.
>
> Rose
>
> On 1/1/07, Dena <galdena at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> I tried palm.com and that's where I found the 600+ page owner's manual
>> to download. I tried getting ahold of someone to mail me an owner's
>> manual
> but
>> was on hold for over 20 minutes. I will just have to set aside some
>> time
> to
>> sit down and play with it to figure it out. My boyfriend has a degree
>> in computer engineering and is in management at Silicon Valley tech
>> company but, being in management for so many years, he's the first to
>> admit that technology has passed him by... he's absolutely useless
>> when it comes to belong with these problems <sigh>. I wish I had a
>> computer geek in the family somewhere!! Thank goodness for my son,
>> Andy!!  LOL Dena
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
>> Behalf Of Priscilla Merrill
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:54 PM
>> To: 'NP Info'
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>>
>> Have you tried the website?  www.palm.com?  Sounds like you're not a
>> palm reader -- sorry, know that was a low blow of a pun.  Hope you're
>> back in "synch" in no time.  I have found them very helpful in the
>> past when I've run into glitches.  You'll be savvy in no time.  Took
>> me about 3 days and had a similar experience of being in tears over it
>> and feeling like a PDA-losah but you'll get the hang of it.  I'm so
>> fortunate to have a
> teenage
>> geek son and hubby that get me out of my messes but you have Andy- -
>> not
> too
>> shabby!!!
>>
>> Priscilla
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
>> Behalf Of Dena
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:20 PM
>> To: 'NP Info'
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>>
>> Eric--
>> The very first question it asked me was what I wanted to name my Email
>> program... I didn't know... did it need a name??? And I didn't know
>> how to get the name in their anyway even if I knew what to name it (as
>> usual,
> being
>> totally self-absorbed, I was going to name it after me... would that
>> have been appropriate? What was the correct answer?). There was no
>> keyboard, no little alphabet anywhere... how was I supposed to type in my
> answer?
> That's
>> when I started crying <G>.  See, it was little, basic, stupid things
>> that had me totally stumped and I couldn't get past them. This
>> information
> isn't
>> in a manual somewhere? Someplace is there info on how to download
>> programs into the little thing. I mean, it's a cute little unit (and
>> it looks real sharp in the case I bought <G>) and I'm sure it would be
>> real beneficial
> to
>> me, but it's not real user friendly for novices. Is there a "How to
>> for Dummies" book available for PDAs? Maybe I'll look around for one of
> those.
> I
>> need to know all the basics plus everything this particular unit can 
>> do...
>> ie. How do I go from one page to another without having to go to Home
>> and starting over each time? How do I use the wireless, Bluetooth or
>> HiFi features? Do I need additional accessories for those? Do I pay
>> extra for
> the
>> service? How do I set up the program to get my Email? How do I get
> on-line?
>> I keep getting messages that I need to set these preferences but it
> doesn't
>> show me where to do these things. And what's the darn secret to
>> putting on the screen protector without all those little airbubbles
>> and lines underneath? I'm sure the answers to everything I need to
>> know are on the tutorial.... I would just rather be able to sit with a
>> manual in one hand while I go through the actual steps on the PDA with
>> the other. Guess these days you can't do that any more <sigh>.
>> There... since starting this
> Email,
>> I've found how to access the keyboard (hit a button by mistake and it
> popped
>> out) and I've found my contact list. There's hope for me yet but there
>> has to be an easier and faster way of learning all this.
>> Dena Galler
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
>> Behalf Of Eric Doerfler
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 1:43 PM
>> To: 'NP Info'
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>>
>> Dena
>>
>> The manual wouldn't have helped. What kind of questions?
>>
>> Eric D
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
>> Behalf Of Dena
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:35 PM
>> To: 'NP Info'
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>>
>> I received my Palm on Friday. I paid $230 (which included S&H) on Ebay
>> and then, of course, spent a lot more money on accessories for it <G>.
>> I
> charged
>> the unit, set it, and now don't have a clue what to do with it... the
>> darn thing doesn't come with any instruction manual, although it does
>> come with
> a
>> one-page set-up instruction sheet with big print and easy to
>> understand diagrams. You can the owner manual from the website-- all 600+
> pages!!!
>> Friday night the thing started asking me questions and I didn't have a
> clue
>> what to do with it-- I not only didn't know the answers to the
>> questions
> it
>> was asking me, I didn't know how to go about answering them in the
>> first
>> place-- and there was no manual to refer to. I burst out in frustrated
> tears
>> and put the damn thing on the floor where it has been ever since.
>> There is an on-screen tutorial but I haven't the courage to go through
>> it. I'm
> afraid
>> I'm old fashioned in that I want an instruction manual by my side when
>> I'm trying to figure something out. This might be a neat thing when
>> someone knows what they're doing with it but, right now, I'm pretty
>> intimated by it(actually, make that "scared stiff"). <sigh>  Good
>> luck-- and when you figure out what to do with it, please let me know!
>> Dena
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
>> Behalf Of debcfnp at aol.com
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:13 PM
>> To: npinfo at nurse.net
>> Subject: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>>
>>  Hey Dena, and others
>> Did anyone purchase/receive a PDA for Xmas?
>> |I just found the Palm TX on buydig.com for $254.00  free shipping, 3
>> |year
>> warranty for 39.99.  I think that is the site Andy Recommended.  I
>> haven't gone the next step though and added it to my cart, but I am soooo
> tempted.
>> What have others chosen and from where???
>> Deb
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