RNotes® vs Psychiatric Nursing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RNotes®
This clinical reference app provides nurses and students with quick access to essential medical information, including guidelines, procedures, and exam preparation tools. It features full-color images, charts, and customizable notes to enhance patient care and learning.
- Quick-reference clinical nursing information
- Updated AHA guidelines
- Full-color images and charts
- NCLEX exam topic indicators
- Step-by-step procedures and assessment guidance
- Customizable notes and highlights
- Nursing alerts for critical safety information
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** The essential clinical companion for nurses and students ** ABOUT RNOTES® RNotes is a quick-reference application that puts the latest clinically-focused nursing information at your fingertips, helping you improve patient care. Find answers fast by browsing or searching, then review clinical findings, collaborative management, and quick-read information along with full-color images and charts. The latest edition also helps students prepare for the NCLEX examinations by noting topics that are covered on the exam. FEATURES • Answers to the questions faced in clinical rotations • Updated AHA guidelines • Full-color images and figures • NCLEX icons indicating topics found on licensure exam • Step-by-step procedures and enhanced physical assessment guidance • Details for interpreting ECG, lab values, priority interventions, and more • Convenient tables and charts for finding information quickly • Ability to make custom notes and highlights within entries • Nursing alerts highlighting critical safety information • “Favorites” for bookmarking important topics Author: Ehren Myers Publisher: F.A. Davis Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
Psychiatric Nursing
This comprehensive resource helps develop individualized care plans for psychiatric patients. It covers diagnostic information, safe medication administration, and includes updated content reflecting the latest DSM-5 guidelines and psychotropic medications. The app is designed for various healthcare settings and offers powerful search functionality.
- Diagnostic information for care plans
- Psychotropic medication guide
- DSM-5 organized content
- Detailed nursing diagnoses and interventions
- SmartSearch technology
- Offline content access
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. In-App purchase required to unlock all content. Psychiatric Nursing: Assessment, Care Plans, and Medications, is the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It’s really two resources in one! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings…from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, tthe latest edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, and all of today’s new psychotropic medications. Key Features * Index of Client Behaviors with page numbers listed on inside covers. * Concept Mapping and the use of Concept Care Map Plans introduced in Chapter 1. * Organized by DSM-5 and diagnoses. * Nursing diagnoses and interventions include the definition, possible etiologies ("Related to ..."), defining characteristics ("Evidenced by ..."), objectives broken down to show long- and short-term goals, interventions with selected rationales, and desired patient outcomes/discharge criteria. * Each psychiatric disorder lists background assessment data, predisposing factors, symptomatology, and nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions commonly associated with the disorder. * Unit on psychotropic drug classifications covers anti-anxiety agents, antidepressants, mood stabilizing agents, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedative hypnotics, and agents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. * Indications, route, and dosage listed for individual drugs as well as for classifications. * No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms. New To This Edition * UPDATED & REVISED! All content, thoroughly revised and updated, reflects the education and practice of nursing today. * UPDATED! Coverage of psychiatric disorders reflects the DSM-5. * EXPANDED & UPDATED! Section on psychotropic medications includes the addition of medications available since the last edition and the deletion of those discontinued. * NEW! New content on factitious disorder • Munchhausen syndrome • working with military families. * EXPANDED! More communication interventions in the care plans to reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication. * NEW! Two additional rating scales in the appendix…The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Awarded second place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing category ISBN 10: 0803642377 ISBN 13: 978-0803642379 SUBSCRIPTION : Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates. Yearly auto-renewing payments- $36.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author(s): Mary C. Townsend Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
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The clearest difference is rating: Psychiatric Nursing at 5.0 against RNotes®'s 4.5. Psychiatric Nursing also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). RNotes®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (41 vs 11). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Psychiatric Nursing sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $27.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Psychiatric Nursing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 11 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RNotes® | Psychiatric Nursing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Skyscape Medpresso Inc |
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RNotes®
Psychiatric Nursing
In-app purchases
RNotes®
- RNotes® 4th Edition$29.99
- RNotes® 5th Edition$29.99
- RNotes$29.99
Psychiatric Nursing
- 25%off sub-Psychiatric Nursing$27.991 Year
- 20% offer for Limited period$29.491 Year
- Psychiatric Nursing 1Y Suboff$29.991 Year
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- 15%off sub-Psychiatric Nursing$31.491 Year
- Psychiatric Nursing 1/Y Sub$36.991 Year
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