Drug Information Handbook for Advanced Practice Nursing

by Turkoski, Beatrice B.

• ISBN13: 9781591950295
• ISBN10: 1591950295
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: LEXI-COMP INC

Summary

Kent State Univ., OH. Quick reference of drug information for clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners. This edition includes more than 30 new drug monographs, updates, highlighted features, an expanded appendix, and a revised patient education and physical assessment section. Previous edition: c2001. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword	2	(1)
Preface	3	(1)
About the Authors	4	(1)
Editorial Advisory Panel	5	(3)
Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Description of Sections and Fields	9	(3)
FDA Name Differentiation Project: The Use of Tall-man Letters	12	(1)
Symbols & Abbreviations Used in This Handbook	13	(3)
FDA Pregnancy Categories	16	(1)
Safe Prescription Writing	17	(1)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols Commonly Used in Medical Orders	18	(3)
Basic Pharmacologic Concepts	21	(6)
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacotherapeutics	21	(4)
Patient Factors That Influence Drug Therapy	25	(2)
Patient Education for Management of Common Side Effects	27	(2)
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF DRUGS	29	(1406)
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INDEX	1435	(2)
PHARMACOLOGIC CATEGORY INDEX	1437	(20)
APPENDIX (See the Appendix Table of Contents for Expanded Listing)	1457	(169)
Additional Medicines	1460	(63)
Adverse Reactions Information	1523	(7)
Calculations/Conversions/Laboratory Values	1530	(17)
Comparative Drug Charts	1547	(41)
Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Substrates, Inhibitors, and Inducers	1588	(13)
Food and Fluid Concerns Concerns	1601	(1)
Maternal/Fetal Guidelines	1602	(6)
OBRA Guidelines for Long-Term Care	1608	(9)
Overdose and Toxicology	1617	(9)
Treatment/Prophylaxis Guidelines	1626