Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook

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Essential Info on more than 1,000 generic & 4,000 trade name drugs,+20-30 new FDA approved. Promotes safe drug administration by including a special text treatment for ""High-Alert"" drugs & includes an appendix for drug names that sound alike, look alike to highlights drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm.

Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook provides current, detailed info on more than 1,000 generic & 4,000 trade name drugs. This handy, user-friendly guide includes updated uses, dosage forms, warnings, side effects & adverse reactions, IV drug administration, nursing considerations, & much more. Organized alphabetically by generic drug name for quick reference, stands out from the others in guiding the nurse through the steps essential to quality patient care.

New to this edition

New drug monographs for approximately 20-30 newly approved drugs by the FDA provides readers with the most current drug info

Each monograph read & updated as necessary with new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions & other need-to-know info included throughout as needed. Current info helps nurses feel confident in accuracy of info, helps prevent medication dispensing errors

Key Features

• > 1,000 generic name drugs (4,000 trade name drugs) organized alphabetically with A to Z tabs provides users with quick easy access.

• Lists all newly approved drugs in the front of the book.

• Detailed info for each drug distinguishes side effects & adverse reactions, lists the effect/reaction by frequency of occurrence to allow the nurse to easily identify which are most likely to occur.

• Therapeutic toxic blood level info incorporates in the Interactions section, under Nursing Implications & provides users with patient implications for drug administration.

• Lifespan disorder-related dosage variations focuses on pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, immune- or renal-compromised patients to informs users of special considerations for specific patient populations.

• UNIQUE! Incorporates frequently-used herb monographs which are featured in the A to Z portion of the book with additional herb info in the appendix to inform users of common herbs that they may encounter.

• Cross references 400 top U.S. brand name drugs directly in main section makes drug info quick and easy to locate. Cross references include page numbers for easier accessibility.

• Comprehensive foldout IV Compatibility Chart provides compatibility info for 65 intravenous drugs.

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ISBN-13: 9780443348723

ISBN-10: 0443348723

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Author(s): Robert J. Kizior, Keith Hodgson

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Company