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Description

Nursing Drug Handbook delivers the most current nursing-focused information on more than 3,800 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs. Each monograph includes Available Forms, Indications & Dosages, Administration, Action, Adverse Reactions, Interactions, Effects on Lab Test Results, Contraindications & Cautions, Nursing Considerations, Patient Teaching, and special population considerations when appropriate.

Features

• 3,800 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs
• 300+ pharmacology NCLEX questions with rationales
• U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns
• 400+ pill images — to visually confirm drug forms
• Regular updates — featuring new FDA approvals and prescribing changes
• Critical safety alerts and warnings
• Real-life stories of medication errors
• Canadian-specific content
• Drug therapy across the lifespan (pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults)
• Comprehensive appendices cover abbreviations to avoid, safe disposal of drugs, identifying prescription drug abuse, and more.
  
  EXCLUSIVE UNBOUND FEATURES
• Highlighting and note-taking within entries
• “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries
• Alerts communication feature that delivers the latest information as well as ’Drug of the Week’
• Enhanced Search to find Rx medications quickly

Publisher

Authors

Chief Nurse: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN

Editors

Collette Bishop, RN, MS, MA, CIC