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Nursing Central
 This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
  • Free
  • Category: Medical
  • First released: January 6, 2009
  • Versions: 2 archived
  • Installable: 1 of 2
  • Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
  • Seller: Unbound Medicine, Inc.

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 2, 2022
     
7,805 Ratings

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Five best-selling nursing apps combine to form the premier, integrated clinical nursing solution. Use valuable tools to find and apply the information you need. Purchase includes iOS app, macOS app, and web access.

PLEASE NOTE: Current customers and institutional subscribers can use this app to download content to their iOS devices.

ABOUT NURSING CENTRAL Nursing Central helps nurses and students be more efficient by providing detailed information on diseases, tests, drugs, and procedures where and when it is needed. The moment a question arises you can consult the updating database of 5,000 drugs, find a definition in the dictionary with 75,000+ entries, interpret hundreds of laboratory and diagnostic tests, and consult the latest disease information. You can also search the entire PubMed database or study unfamiliar topics using the exclusive study system - Grasp™, all from your mobile device

Five best-selling nursing applications combine to form Nursing Central.

DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES Refer to regularly updated information on dosing, contraindications, drug interactions, and patient education for more than 5,000 medications.

TABER’S MEDICAL DICTIONARY Define over 75,000 medical terms and enhance learning with images, videos, and audio pronunciations.

DAVIS’S LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Access rationale and results for tests as well as pretest requirements, intratest procedures, and post-test patient care.

DISEASES AND DISORDERS Review complete coverage of more than 250 medical conditions.

Prime PubMed Connect to the full PubMed journal citations and abstracts database on your mobile device. Stay up to date with your favorite nursing and medical journals with Prime Journals, perform powerful searches, receive suggestions on relevant articles with Prime ForYou, link directly to the publisher’s full text, and share articles via email or social media. Visually explore the literature using Grapherence®, a unique way to find related and relevant articles.

FEATURES • Receive 1-year of drug updates • Create custom notes and highlights within entries • Consult trusted disease and test information • Jump quickly between resources using Cross Links • View thousands of colorful images, figures, and videos • Learn on the go with our exclusive study system - Grasp™ • Access the full PubMed database • Use the Full Text Search to help find topics across all resources • Bookmark important entries with “Favorites” • Get access to Nursing Central website for one year • Personalize your app by re-ordering resources to match your unique needs and preferences.

DRUG AND CONTENT UPDATE RENEWAL • After initial Nursing Central purchase you will receive updates for one year • After one year, you can purchase updates for an additional year, at the discounted rate of $99.99. If you do not choose to purchase, you can continue to use the product but will not receive updates. • If you purchase updates, they will automatically renew annually at the renewal rate ($99.99) and charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase, unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the conclusion of the one-year subscription period. • Account will be charged ($99.99) for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the yearly subscription term. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

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1.23 (387)
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Nursing Central 1.23.ipa · 70.1 MB Encrypted Install Download

Chart History

Top Grossing · Medical View chart ›
Peaked at #4 (August 15, 2021) · 23 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
Top Grossing · Medical · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #7 (July 5, 2021) · 14 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
Top Free · Medical · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #30 (August 25, 2021) · 6 archived captures · Jul 2021 – Aug 2021
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Peaked at #6 (February 5, 2009) · 5 archived captures · Jan 2009 – May 2013

Ratings Over Time

DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
March 24, 2010 1.6 — 1,980 Free
August 26, 2011 1.12 — 2,632 Free
January 6, 2012 — — 2,956 Free
July 5, 2013 — — 3,558 Free
December 18, 2018 — ★ 4.8 2,672 Free
December 2, 2021 1.49 ★ 4.8 6,862 Free
December 2, 2022 1.52 ★ 4.8 7,805 Free

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
Mixed opinions
     
by Brycen1111 · October 3, 2025

Doesn’t work the best on iPads, can’t use it in Split View because you are unable to use your favorites tab and other features while in Split View. So makes it difficult for those who take notes on the same device they study from.

Nursing Central.
     
by Ed C Deer Camera · August 9, 2024

Nursing Central is amazing! I used it daily in my practice

Perfect
     
by Lenny8445 · December 16, 2024

Perfect from new grads to seasoned nurses

Please keep the article links free!!
     
by Skit829/92 · March 30, 2026

As a nursing student that had been through an LPN program without Nursing Central, and is now using Nursing Central in an ADN program, I can say that this program is incredible. This gives you, not only understandable knowledge, but the confidence and peace of mind knowing that it is scholarly/peer reviewed content. Not to mention, easy to navigate, helpful with tools like notecards and a work cited generator. Unbelievable. This program will be so integral for my nursing education.

Nursing Central
     
by Emtrn03 · October 30, 2023

Nursing Central is what has carried me through Nursing school. I don’t know what I would do without it!!!!

Great App
     
by TheSubnetMedic · June 3, 2025

Love this app. Use it almost every shift.

Tricks you to try to get you to subscribe
     
by J0el1234 · April 19, 2026

Was provided to our class in nursing school. After 4-5 years of using it, it shuts off unless you pay an annual subscription

Forever syncing
     
by Al_G_Flo · January 10, 2024

Renewed my subscription app says outdated, attempts to update unsuccessful

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