Nursing

Suitable for nurses, this drug handbook provides monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs that contain generic and trade names, pronunciation key, pregnancy risk category, pharmacologic class, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms, nursing considerations, and patient teaching.

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The 30th edition of this best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revised and updated to 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 practicing 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 incompatibilities 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. It is part of "Doody's Core Titles 2009".