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HEALTH PROFESSIONS Nursing2019 Drug Handbook 39th Edition NURSING - Drug Guides/Nursing Drug Guides

General information 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions 2. Drug therapy across the lifespan 3. Safe drug administration 4. Selected therapeutic drug classifications Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name New Drugs Appendices  1. Avoiding common drug errors: Best prac- tices and prevention  2. Pregnancy risk categories: The FDA’s Final Rule  3. Controlled substance schedules  4. Abbreviations to avoid (The Joint Commission)  5. Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors  6. Elder care medication tips  7. Commonly abused prescription drugs: Toxicity care and treatment  8. Understanding biosimilar drugs  9. Nursing process: Patient safety during drug therapy 10. Serotonin syndrome: What you should know to protect your patient 11. Tumor lysis syndrome: A life-threatening emergency 12. Antidiarrheals: Indications and dosages 13. Antidotes: Indications and dosages 14. Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: Indications and dosages 15. Common combination drugs: Indications and dosages FEATURES CONTINUED

16. Vaccines and toxoids: Indications and dosages 17. Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages 18. Antacids: Indications and dosages 19. Laxatives: Indications and dosages 20. Additional OTC drugs: Indications and dosages 21. Selected ophthalmic drugs: Indications and dosages 22. Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, sym- bols and dose designations (ISMP Canada) 23. Decision tree: Deciding about medication administration 24. Canadian National Drug Schedules 25. Safe disposal of unused drugs: What pa- tients need to know 26. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines 27. Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages 28. Additional new drugs: Indications and dosages

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