Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses

Intended as a portable drug handbook, containing more than 60 drug classifications and 4000 drugs encountered by students. The text has an accompanying computer disk which provides 36 selected nursing care plans related to the administration of drugs and drug therapies. brief introductory chapters on principles of drug action, drug calculation and drug therapy across the lifespan and a colour atlas of drug administration are also included. Individual drug monographs contain: generics name; pronunciation; US and Canada trade names; functional and chemical classifications; pregnancy category; combination products; action, therapeutic outcome; uses; dosages and routes; available forms; side effects/adverse reactions; contraindications; precautions; and nursing considerations and treatment of overdose.