Portable nursing center

A portable nursing center comprising:

• a) a housing having a base and a plurality of wheels attached to the base;
• b) a plurality of drawers carried by the housing, each of said drawers being movable between a given position and a closed position, at least some drawers sized and configured for holding pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a specific patient;
• c) at least one removable partition positioned between adjacent drawers, wherein the at least one removable partition is sized and positioned to permit one larger drawer to be substituted for at least two smaller drawers when the removable partition is removed;
• d) a control unit for locking at least some of said drawers to prevent access thereto, said control unit including data entry means for entry of predetermined access data and other data, lock means for locking and unlocking the at least some of said drawers and a processing unit with an associated memory for locking at least one drawer in response to entry of access data and recording at least a portion of the access data;
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• e) a transmitter connected to the control unit for transmitting selected access data and other data from the portable nursing center to a remote receiver, the nursing center being sized and constructed so that when filled with pharmaceuticals and other nursing items, the nursing center can be moved through a nursing area by a single nurse.