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Linda Skidmore-Roth RN MSN NP
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Mosby's 2006 Nursing Drug Reference |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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1232 |
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2005-06-15 |
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032302310X |
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Mosby |
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1.7 pounds |
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4.2 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches |
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19 |
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Product Description
For current, complete drug information, with a focus on safe medication administration, this book is the ideal choice. This indispensable resource, featuring the latest drug information organized alphabetically, is a favorite among students and practitioners. Readers will find indications, precautions, and nursing considerations applicable to any patient care setting. Every copy includes a CD-ROM packed with useful tools, such as patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, a drug interaction tool, and detailed information on herbal products.- Provides detailed information for more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) that nurses commonly administer.
- Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name for fast access.
- Includes extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family.
- Provides comprehensive drug monographs containing generic name; Rx or OTC designation; pronunciation; U.S. and Canadian trade names; functional and chemical classification; controlled-substance schedule; action; uses; investigational uses; dosages and routes; available forms; side effects/adverse reactions; contraindications; precautions; pharmacokinetics; interactions; lab test interferences; nursing considerations; and treatment of overdose.
- Includes geriatric, pediatric, and pregnancy considerations throughout.
- Offers safety features such as high-alert headings; "Do Not Crush" and "Nursing Alert" icons; "Do Not Confuse" cautions, "Tall Man" lettering as recommended by the FDA, and avoidance of error-prone abbreviations as recommended by JCAHO.
- Features cross-references for the individual forms of closely related drugs (such as insulins, cephalosporins, and penicillins).
- Features more than 2,000 new drug facts, including updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts, as well as current patient/family teaching guidelines.
- Contains approximately 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA, such as apomorphine, azacitidine, telithromycin, and tinidazole.
- Includes an appendix of key newly approved drugs that provides generic names, trade names, and uses for drugs very recently approved.
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