Perfect Package: Vallerand Canadian Drug Guide 18e & Van Leeuwen Comp Man Lab & Dx Tests 9e & Tabers Med Dict 24e

3 Tools of Highly Effective Nursing Students

1.   TABER’S 24 + TABER’S ONLINE

The all-in-one, go-to source for classroom, clinical, and beyond

Put the language and practice of nursing at your fingertips. A team of expert editors and consultants ensures that the content reflects today’s most current and relevant information.

 

BONUS! An access code inside new, print texts unlocks a FREE, 1-year subscription to Tabers.com, powered by Unbound Medicine, the complete Taber’s database for quick reference when and where you need it.

 



75,000+ terms, detailed definitions, and full-color illustrations
Patient Care statements (assessment, treatment, and patient teaching) and Caution/Safety statements
Disease/Disorder entries (diagnosis, signs and symptoms, etiology, treatments, and prognosis)
2020-21 NANDA-I diagnoses

 

2.   DAVIS’S CANADIAN DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES, EIGHTEEN EDITION + DRUG GUIDE ONLINE

 

Safety first

Here’s everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. 

BONUS! An access code inside new, print texts unlocks a FREE, 1-year subscription to DrugGuide.com, powered by Unbound Medicine, the complete Drug Guide database.



In-depth coverage patient safety, red tab for high-alert medications, red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects, and REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon
Special considerations for patient populations, including Geri, OB and Lact, Pedi, and Rep headings
IV administration coverage
In-depth patient and family teaching guidance
Canadian-specific content
Monographs on drugs approved for use in Canada that are not FDA-approved for use in the US
Additional Canadian trade names for many US-approved generic drugs, identified by a maple leaf icon
A summary of the similarities and differences between pharmaceutical practices in the US and Canada
Canadian educators and reviewers

 

3.   DAVIS’S COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK OF LABORATORY & DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WITH NURSING IMPLICATIONS, 9TH EDITION + FAST FIND ONLINE 

The information nurses need…when, where, and how they need it!
Nursing-focused and easy-to-read, this full-color manual delivers all the information you need to understand how tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality patient care—pre-test, intra-test, and post-test. 

 

BONUS! An access code inside new, print texts unlocks Fast Find: Lab & Dx, the complete monograph library online for reference anytime, anywhere.



“Potential Nursing Problems” tables summarizing present problems, signs and symptoms, and interventions related to the study
“Common Use” for each monograph, an at-a-glance description of what the test is for, in everyday language that patients will understand
Monographs that focus on what you need to do before, during, and after each laboratory and diagnostic test, including patient Teaching, patient safety, social and cultural issues, and nutritional considerations.
Diagnostic imaging monographs with the reasons for the test result
Pathophysiology information that explains why a lab test result is increased or decreased
Reference ranges and interfering factors