Overview
The Drug Information
Handbook for Nursing, 15th Edition, delivers concise, clinically relevant
drug information designed specifically to meet the needs of registered nurses
and nursing students.
Benefits
All medications are presented alphabetically by generic name
in the main section of the handbook. Additionally, a convenient alphabetical
index organizes drugs by brand name, generic name and index terms. Over 1000
drug monographs feature up to 52 fields of information on medication safety
issues, administration, physical assessment and patient education. Drug names
and nursing-specific field headings are highlighted in red to facilitate fast,
productive searches.
Updates to this Edition
Sample Pages
- 54 New Drug Monographs
- New Fields:
- Usual Infusion Concentration
- Administration: Subcutaneous
- Administration: Endotracheal
- Administration: Intra-arterial
- Administration: Intracavernous
- Administration: Intradermal
- Administration: Intraosseous
- Administration: Intrathecal
- Administration: Intravaginal
- Administration: Intravitreal
- Administration: Ophthalmic
- Administration: Otic
- Administration: Rectal
- Appendix Updates:
- Apothecary/Metric Equivalents
- Immunization Recommendations
- Management of Drug Extravasations
- Oral Medications That Should Not Be Crushed
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