# Nurse's Drug Handbook

> Rx pharmacology reference

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id955936241](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id955936241)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id955936241`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Atmosphere Apps, Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (1,415 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.7.0.796
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2015-03-12
- **Size:** 112 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nurses-drug-handbook/id955936241)
- **Website:** [http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9781284054613/](http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9781284054613/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.jblearning.com/privacy/](http://www.jblearning.com/privacy/)

## Description

Nurse's Drug Handbook is a portable, affordable pharmacology reference for nurses and nursing students. It delivers accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs, alphabetically organized entries, dosing information, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and essential nursing considerations.

Features include an index of generic and brand names, FDA pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule, mechanism-of-action illustrations, patient teaching points, personalized note taking, and auto-renewing updates to keep content current.

## Rankings

- #47,478 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the Nurse's Drug Handbook app for quick, easy access to drug information and day-to-day usefulness for nurses and students. However, repeated complaints center on incomplete drug coverage, outdated content, and frequent missing meds, especially newer or common drugs. Additional frustrations include a paywall/subscription model that users feel doesn't deliver, and problematic searchability or navigation after updates. Reliability and data accuracy concerns appear in some reviews. Overall, it's seen as a helpful reference when it has the drugs you need, but many users question its comprehensiveness and value.

### Pros

- Easy to navigate app with quick access to drug information.
- Extremely useful resource for nursing students and clinicians; used daily.
- Portable, handy alternative to carrying the thick handbook and faster for look-ups.
- Well laid-out information that supports quick reference.

### Cons

- Incomplete/missing drugs; many medications (including common and newer ones) are absent from the app.
- Content is outdated; updates are infrequent and newer meds often don't appear.
- Paywall/subscription model causes frustration; many drugs require extra purchases and cancellation/refund issues.
- Search and navigation usability degraded; difficult to find drugs and some category browsing is missing.

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