Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook 2006

by Schull, Patricia Dwyer

• ISBN13: 9781930745025
• ISBN10: 1930745028
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Nursing Spectrum

Summary

Welcome to 2006 Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook, the second edition of our drug reference for nurses. We are so gratified with the response of practicing nurses, nursing students, and faculty members to our premier edition. Many busy professional nurses have taken the time to e-mail or write to us at Nursing Spectrum, thanking us for helping them stay current on drug administration. You have told us you love the depth of drug content, the safe drug administration insert, and the additional safety features integrated throughout the book. You have described the book as reliable, practical, concise, and clear, and have compared it favorably to other nursing drug handbooks. In addition, you've told us that the book's companion website, nursesdrughandbook.com, is user friendly, easy to navigate, and brimming with useful patient teaching materials and drug updates.

Table of Contents

A note from the publisher	v
Foreword	ix
Advisors	x
Contributors and reviewers	xi
Preface and user's guide	xv
Part 1 Drugs A to Z	3	(1172)
Safe drug administration
Drug compatibilities	2	(4)
Conversions and calculations	6	(1)
Drug names that look or sound alike	7	(3)
Tablets and capsules not to crush	10	(2)
Identifying injection sites	12	(2)
Monitoring blood levels	14	(2)
Effects of dialysis on drug therapy	16	(3)
Anaphylaxis: Treatment guidelines	19	(1)
Adult cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines	20	(1)
Pediatric cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines	21	(1)
Ischemic chest pain: Treatment guidelines	22	(2)
Stroke: Treatment guidelines	24	(1)
Hypertensive crisis: Treatment guidelines	25	(1)
Hyperglycemic crisis: Treatment guidelines	26	(1)
Insulin shock: Treatment guidelines	27	(1)
Managing poisoning and overdoses	28	(4)
Preventing and treating extravasation	32
Photogallery of common tablets and capsules	16
Part 2 Drug classes	1175	(116)
Vitamins and minerals	1223	(11)
Herbs and supplements	1234	(57)
Part 3 Appendices
Common anesthetic drugs	1250	(14)
Adult immunization schedule by age group	1264	(1)
Childhood and adolescent immunization schedule	1265	(1)
Common combination drug products	1266	(4)
Normal laboratory values for blood tests	1270	(3)
Body surface area in adults	1273	(1)
Body surface area in children	1274	(1)
Drug infusion rates	1275	(3)
Identifying life-threatening adverse reactions	1278	(7)
Average wholesale price per year of the top 30 brand-name drugs used by the elderly	1285	(1)
Most commonly used drugs in nursing specialties	1286	(2)
Top 200 most commonly prescribed drugs	1288	(3)
Selected references	1291	(2)
Index	1293