Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses

by Skidmore-Roth, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780323056632
• ISBN10: 0323056636
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Designed especially for students, this portable drug handbook contains information on more than 60 drug classifications and 4,000 individual generic and trade name drugs. It includes a color atlas of drug administration along with 16 detailed illustrations showing how drugs work at the cellular level. Alerts and icons highlight key information. This edition also contains NANDA nursing diagnoses, which are useful in writing care plans. A companion website includes quarterly drug updates, including FDA alerts. A companion CD-ROM features over 250 NCLEX® examination-style questions for the drugs you're likely to administer during clinicals, a calculation tutorial, a drug card creator allowing you to print your own drug information, and 30 clinical calculators.

Table of Contents

Color Insert: Immunization Schedules for Children and Adolescents
Mechanisms and Sites of Action	p. 2
Photo Atlas of Drug Administration	p. 18
Individual Drug Monographs	p. 33
Drug Categories	p. 1023
Appendixes
Selected New Drugs	p. 1066
Controlled Substance Chart	p. 1074
Rarely Used Drugs	p. 1075
Ophthalmic, Nasal, Topical, and Otic Products	p. 1089
Vaccines and Toxolds	p. 1101
Herbal Products	p. 1107
Combination Products	p. 1111
High-Alert Drugs	p. 1134
Abbreviations and Pregnancy Categories	p. 1136
Index	p. 1139
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.