Nursing Drug Guide
A comprehensive, up-to-date drug guide for nursing students and practicing nurses, Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. The book provides complete monographs for 725 common drugs, including generic and trade names, pronunciations, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (if appropriate), drug classes, therapeutic actions, indications, contraindications and cautions, available forms, dosages, pharmacokinetics, IV facts (if appropriate), adverse effects, interactions, and nursing considerations organized by nursing process steps (assessment, interventions, and teaching points). The Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide is the only drug book that includes a DO NOT CRUSH' logo so nurses can quickly identify medications that should not be crushed - a key patient safety feature. More than 20 appendices cover a wealth of additional information, from key facts on more than 200 less commonly used drugs to alternative and complementary therapies, pediatric dosages, federal drug classifications, normal lab values, topical and ophthalmic drugs, combination products, CYP450 metabolized drugs, and more. The book also includes a 32-page full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and a detailed index for quick retrieval of needed information. Key Features. NEW!
Expanded Appendix on Drugs Commonly Ordered to Treat Specific Disorders. NEW! Improved prominience of 'Black Box' warning. NEW! Mongraphs on all newly approved FDA drugs. 'Warning' logo alerts readers to antibiotics associated with a high occurence of drug-resistant diseases. 23 appendices help ensure safe drug administration and therapeutic results including an appendix that identifies drug related webistes such as the FDA site and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) site.
32-page color photo guide shows hundreds of tablets and capsules. Chapter on safe medication administration. Easy A-to-Z organization by generic drug name gives students and practcing nurses quick access to specific drugs. Eye-catching logos and graphics draw attention to new indications, dangerous drugs, I.V. Facts, clinical alerts, and other warnngs. Icons identify dangerous drugs and new indications. Interactions by Drug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-lab tests, Drug-alternative therapy clearly identified.
More than 1,200 updates to existing drugs in the product. Need-to-know patient teaching points and other clinical concerns are highlighted. Safety Net Logo highlighting key information that will ensure nurses administer drugs safely.
Doody's Review Service - 5 Stars! Jones & Bartlett Learning 2018 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference. Updated annually, it provides accurate and timely facts on hundreds of drugs from A-Z. Written in a no-nonsense style that speaks your language in terms you use every day, it offers concise and consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically. Jones & Bartlett Learning Founded in 1983, Jones & Bartlett Learning is a world-leading provider of instructional, assessment, and learning-performance management solutions for the secondary education, post-secondary education, and professional markets. We develop educational programs and services that improve learning outcomes and enhance student achievement by combining authoritative content written by respected authors with innovative, proven, and engaging technology applications that meet the diverse needs of today's instructors, students, and professionals.
Nursing Drug Guide 2017 Pdf
Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide
“I think the Jones & Bartlett Learning Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the best that I have seen.”–Sylvia Herrlich, MSN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing at Del Mar College. “Your patients deserve the best and safest care possible—and you deserve to have the tools to deliver that care. Whether you’re a student or an experienced clinician, Jones & Bartlett Learning Nurse’s Drug Handbook will help you provide safe, effective drug therapy because of its practical, easy-to-understand, accurate, and reliable information on virtually all the drugs you’re likely to administer. This handbook has aided thousands of nurses in their patient care.
Take it with you to the clinical setting, share it with your peers, and use it to enhance your present and future position in the nursing profession.” - From the Foreword by Kathleen Dracup, RN, FNP, DNSc, FAAN, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. '.the quality of this book is excellent.' - Carol E Agana, MNSc, RNP, APRN, University of Arkansas, for Doody's Review Service, Rating: 5 Stars.