Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook 2010, Fifth Edition
By Patricia Schull
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 1376
Publication Date: 2009-06-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071622780
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071622783
Product Description:
Published in cooperation with the world’s #1 nursing periodical
Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook delivers what nurses from around the world said they wanted most in such a publication: ease of use and a strong emphasis on patient safety. As convenient as it is thorough, the handbook enables nurses to carry essential drug information around with them wherever they go.
The drug guide you can rely on to keep your patients safe
Best Value on the Market!
Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook provides everything you must know to protect your patients and yourself when administering drugs. Written by RNs for RNs, the Handbook delivers the evidence base you need to safely administer more than 3,000 brand-name drugs and 1,000 generic drugs — along with important patient monitoring instructions specific to each drug.
Here?s why you can?t find a more safety-focused drug guide:
FDA boxed warnings appear within each monograph
Special icons point out hazardous and high-alert drugs
Safety inserts explain how to handle hazardous drugs
Full-color 32-page insert covers Safe Drug Administration
Critical advice on treating adverse reactions
Full-text download for your mobile device
Online companion website provides drug updates, patient education information, and more
A streamlined design that puts important information at your fingertips
Includes full-text mobile download
Companion website offers updates, patient teaching information, and more
Full-color inserts on patient safety and drug identification
New: warnings for hazardous and high-alert drugs.
Table of contents
Foreword
Preface and user’s guide
Drugs A to Z
Safe drug administration
Photogallery of common tablets and capsules
Drug classes
vitamins and minerals
Herbs and supplements
Appendices
Index
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