2010 Nurse's Drug Handbook

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A new and updated version of this best-selling resource! Jones and Bartlett Publisher s 2010 Nurse s Drug Handbook is the most practical, most up-to-date, and easiest to use nursing drug reference! It provides: Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abacavir sulfate to Zyvox; Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically; No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday; Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names for quick reference. It has all the information you need at your fingertips: Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule; Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information; Incompatibilities, contraindications; interactions with drugs, food, and activities; and adverse reactions; Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points; Vital features include mechanism-of-action illustrations showing how drugs at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels and dosage adjustments help individualize care for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs; Warnings and precautions that keep you informed and alert; Valuable essays and appendices include overview of pharmacology and principles of drug administration, drug formulas and calculations, charted appendices on ophthalmics, antihistamines, topicals, antineoplastics, interferons, insulins, vitamins, and others, and immunization schedules across the lifespan.