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Tutorial
The Nursing Reference
Center iPhone/iPad App
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Welcome to the Nursing Reference Center
iPhone app tutorial, a guide to using the
many features of the iPhone application
version of NRC.
The NRC iPhone app can also be downloaded
and used on the iPod touch as well as the
iPad.
The Nursing Reference Center app includes:
All Quick Lessons
 All Evidence-Based Care Sheets
 All Nursing Practice and Skills
 All Skill Competency Checklists
 F.A. Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses.
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The NRC app is available as
a free download from the
iTunes App store.
After downloading the App, you will
need to send yourself an
authentication key from your
institution’s NRC account.
Click the NRC iPhone/iPod Touch
Application link at the bottom of
the screen.
An email with an authentication key is
sent to you.
Access the email from your device
and click the link found in the email to
authenticate the application.
You have 24 hours to access the key
from your device to authenticate the
app. If the key is not used within 24
hours, it expires and you will need a
new key.
From the landing screen of the NRC App,
you can:

Perform a keyword search using the
Find field at the top of the screen.

Browse topics in NRC using the A-Z list
on the right of the screen.

View Help information about the NRC
app.
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Change your NRC App Settings.
Tap the Categories link at the top of the
Browse screen to set which categories of
content are searched using the app:

Diseases & Conditions: This category
includes Quick Lessons and EvidenceBased Care Sheets.

Skills: This category includes Nursing
Practice and Skills and Skill
Competency Checklists.

Drugs: This category includes Drug
Monographs.
To remove a category from your searches,
tap the check-mark icon. When the checkmark is no longer displayed, the category is
not selected.
Tap Done when you are finished making
changes.
From the Settings menu, you can:

Auto-Updates: Tap to turn the Autoupdates feature on.

Auto-complete: Tap to turn the
Autocomplete feature on.

Check for Updates Now: Tap to
manually check for updates to the
content in the NRC app.
To search the NRC app, tap the Find field at
the top of the screen. The onscreen
keyboard is displayed.
Enter your search terms in the Find field
and tap Search.
A result list with items matching your
search terms is displayed.
Result List items may include:
 QL – Quick Lessons
 EB – Evidence Based Case Sheets
 NP – Nursing Practice and Skills
 SC – Skills Competency Checklists
 M – Drug Monographs
Tap a result list item to view the item.
The Result List can be re-sorted by
date by tapping above the list.
You can bookmark your search by
tapping
at the top of the screen.
Bookmarked searches can be
viewed by tapping
at the top of
the screen.
From the Item, you can:

Tap Back arrow to return to the Result List
or Browse screen.

Tap
to save the article to your Favorites
on the Bookmarks screen.

Tap

Tap
to view the full table of contents for
an item.
to email the article.
You can view your Favorites and History by
tapping the Bookmarks icon
at the top
right of the Browse screen.
Favorites are displayed by default. Tap History
to view items you have viewed recently.
You can remove searches or items from the list
by tapping Edit in the lower-right of the
screen. Select the searches you wish to
delete and tap Delete.
Tap the Help link at the bottom of the
screen to view the NRC app Help.