Davis's Drug Guide For Nurses

By (author) Vallerand April Hazard; By (author) Sanoski Cynthia A.
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Everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. The #1 Drug Guide for patient safety.
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Nursing student must-have. “This is a must-have. Hands down the best book ever.”—Jennifer S.

Safety First with ''Cure & Care''
Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, Nineteenth Edition delivers everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. It’s the #1 Drug Guide for patient safety.

Bonus! Free Digital Access
An access code inside new, printed texts unlocks a one-year, free subscription to DrugGuide.com, Davis’s Drug Guide Online, powered by Unbound Medicine. You’ll have information on more than 5,000 trade names and generic drugs at your fingertips, as well as audio pronunciations and color photographs, all updated regularly.

Life-Saving Guidance at a Glance

• In depth coverage of patient safety, including a red tab for high alert medications, red, bold, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects, a REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon, and more
• Special considerations for patient populations
• IV administration subheads
• Pharmacogenomic content
• Maple leaf icon for Canadian-specific content
• Patient and family teaching guidance

Free Online Learning, Care Planning, and Patient Education Tools

• Audio Library of 1,200+ drug names
• Tutorials with self-tests, Preventing Medication Errors and Psychotropic Drugs
• Calculators for body mass index (BMI), metric conversions, IV drip rates, dosage/KG and Fahrenheit/Celsius.
• Interactive Case Studies, each followed by a series of questions
• Video clips illustrating the safe administration of medications

Table of contents:

• How To Use Davis’s Drug Guide For Nurses
• Evidence-Based Practice And Pharmacotherapeutics: Implications For Nurses
• Pharmacogenomics
• Medication Errors: Improving Practices And Patient Safety
• Detecting And Managing Adverse Drug Reactions
• Overview Of Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Systems (Rems)
• Special Dosing Considerations
• The Cytochrome P450 System: What Is It And Why Should I Care?
• Educating Patients About Safe Medication Use
• Classifications
• Drug Monographs In Alphabetical Order By Generic Name
• Drugs Approved In Canada
• Natural/Herbal Products
• Medication Safety Tools
  
  Appendices
• A.Recent Drug Approvals
• B.Ophthalmic Medications
• C.Medication Administration Techniques
• D.Administering Medications to Children
• E.Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses
• F.Pediatric Dosage Calculations
• G.Normal Values of Common Laboratory Tests
• H.Controlled Substance Schedules
• I.Equianalgesic Dosing Guidelines
• J.Food Sources for Specific Nutrients
• K.Insulins and Insulin Therapy
• L.Differences in U.S. and Canadian Pharmaceutical Practices
• M.Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations
• N.Combination Drugs (Available online at FADavis.com)
  
• Bibliography
• Comprehensive Generic/Trade/Classifications Index

Biographical note:
Director, PhD Program, Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Professor, Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan Department Chair and Associate Professor Thomas