Nursing 2018 drug handbook
Contributor(s): Comerford, Karen C [editor]
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TextPublisher: wolters Kluwer, 2018Edition: 38th editionDescription: x, 1788 pages, C32 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9781496353597; 1496353595; 1496353609; 9781496353603Other title: Nursing drug handbookSubject(s): Drugs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Pharmacology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Drugs -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 615.1 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index
General information: 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions -- 2. Drug therapy across the lifespan -- 3. Safe drug administration -- 4. Selected therapeutic drug classifications -
Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name -- New drugs --
Appendices: 1. Avoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention -- 2. Pregnancy risk categories: The FDA's Final Rule -- 3. Controlled substance schedules -- 4. Abbreviations to avoid (The Joint Commission) -- 5. Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors -- 6. Elder care medication tips -- 7. Prescription drug abuse: Identifying and treating toxicity -- 8. Understanding biosimilar drugs -- 9. Nursing process: Patient safety during drug therapy -- 10. Serotonin syndrome: What you should know to protect your patients -- 11. Tumor lysis syndrome: A life-threatening emergency -- 12. Antidiarrheals: Indications and dosages -- 13. Antidotes: Indications and dosages -- 14. Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: Indications and dosages -- 15. Common combination drugs: Indications and dosages -- 16. Vaccines and toxoids: Indications and dosages -- 17. Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages -- 18. Antacids: Indications and dosages -- 19. Laxatives: Indications and dosages -- 20. Additional OTC drugs: Indications and dosages -- 21. Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations (ISMP Canada) -- 22. Decision tree: Deciding about medication administration -- 23. Canadian National Drug Schedules -- 24. Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know -- 25. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines -- 26. Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages -- 27. Additional new drugs: Indications and dosages
"Fully updated with more than 4,300 clinical changes to nearly 3,500 generic, brand, and combination drugs. "New Drugs" section featuring nearly 29 new FDA-approved generics and their corresponding brand-name drugs. New information on the National Cancer Institute's "Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events" classification system. New appendices: Understanding biosimilar drugs; Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know. Prescription drug abuse: Identifying and treating toxicity, Pregnancy-Lactation-Reproduction information highlighted in every monograph. Easy-to-spot safety and clinical alerts: Black Box Warnings, Adjust-a-dose, Dialyzable drug, Overdose Signs & Symptoms, Look alike-Sound alike Drugs, IV Incompatibilities. Nursing Considerations and Patient Teaching sections detailing the essential facts nurses need to know. 32-page Photoguide featuring over 450 of the most commonly prescribed tablets and capsules. Free access to Monthly Drug Updates and an Online Toolkit with hundreds of helpful tools and resources."--
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