The 33rd edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has appeal to the education market as well as the practice market. This comprehensive reference provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs.  The monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use, and they focus on the practical information that nurses need. Each monograph consists of generic and trade names, pronunciation key, pregnancy risk category, pharmacologic class, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms,  indications and dosages, administration (with drug incompatibities for I.V. drugs), action (including tables showing route, onset, peak, duration, and half-life), adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications, nursing considerations, and patient teaching

Web Toolkit provides convenient features including FDA warnings, new drug and herb updates, medication administration and safety videos, dosage calculator, patient teaching handouts, pharmacology animations, English-Spanish audio medical and medication administration terms and phrases, audio generic drug pronunciations, medication administration procedures, NCLEX-style questions, mechanisms of action of selected drug classes, foods that contain tyramine.1 free CE test plus additional CE discounts, and various handy charts and information, such as controlled substance schedules, I.V. drug incompatibility, dialyzable drugs, toxic drug-drug interactions, and much more

• New - 30 new patient teaching handouts added to the WebToolkit
• New - Better coverage of adverse reactions! Beginning in this edition, all
•   adverse reactions that occur with 1% and greater frequency are highlighted!
• Life-threatening adverse reactions will continue to be highlighted.
• New - Expanded full-color pill guide contains more drug images than in any
•   previous edition!
• New - More than 3,000 updates to existing drugs in the product
• New - "Less commonly used drugs" appendix Adjust-a-dose feature for dosage
•   adjustments needed by special populations
• Appendix - "Avoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention"
• Appendix focusing on correct doses for pediatric drugs commonly involved in
•   medication errors
• Chapters on drug classes, drug safety, drug interactions, and drug therapy
•   across the lifespan
• Elder care medication tips and drug information in appendices
• Evidence-based off-label indications and dosages
• FDA Black Box warnings in appropriate drug monographs
• Interactions by Drug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-lab tests, Drug-alternative
•   therapy clearly identified
• "Safe drug administration" chapter focuses on the most current guidelines,
•   ISNMP initiatives, and contemporary  patient safety issues
• Safety alert icon for potentially toxic drugs
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