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Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation
Nursing2015DrugHandbook,Thirty-FifthEdition
LippincottWilliams&Wilkins
978-1-4698-3744-4 •May2014 • Softbound •5” x8” • 1600pp. •32 Illus.
The 35th editionof the best-selling
NursingDrugHandbook
provides
complete monographs for more than 900 generic and thousands
of brand-name drugs. Monographs are consistently formatted for
ease of use and 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 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, andpatient teaching.
Features
• 24NEW FDA-approveddrugs
•
NEW!
Safety information: Preventingand treatingextravasation,
Preventingexposure tohazardousdrugs.
•
NEW!
Indication&DosageAppendices—Nutritional supplements,
Antacids, Laxatives.
•
NEW!
coverageof pharmacogenomics.
•
Adjust-a-dose
feature fordosageadjustments neededby special
populations.
•
Expanded full-colorpill guide
containingmoredrug images than
inanyprevious edition!
•
Increasedcoverageof adverse reactions!
Includes those that
occurwith 1%&greater frequency,with special emphasison life-
threateningadverse reactions.
•
Combinationdrug section
.
•
Elder care
medication tips and
pediatric
drug-error information in
appendices.
•
Evidence-basedoff-label
indications anddosages.
•
FDABlackBoxWarnings
inappropriatedrugmonographs.
• Interactions byDrug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-lab tests, Drug-
alternative therapy clearly identified.
•
LessCommonlyUsedDrugs
appendixprovides essential
information, including indications anddosages for very infrequently
useddrugs.
•
Overdose signs& symptoms
,whereappropriate.
•
RobustWebToolkit
withhundredsof tools and resources,
includingmonthlydrugupdates,warnings, andnews capsules.
•
SafeDrugAdministration
chapter focuseson themost current
guidelines, ISMP initiatives, and contemporarypatient safety
issues (suchasREMS), preventingand treatingextravasation, and
preventingexposure tohazardousdrugs.
•
Safetyalert icon
for potentially toxicdrugs, I.V. drug
incompatibility, dialyzabledrugs, toxicdrug-drug interactions, and
muchmore.
Nursing2016DrugHandbook
LippincottWilliams&Wilkins
978-1-4698-8704-3 •May2015 •Softbound •5”x8” •1600pp. •32 Illus.
NEW