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Nursing2016 Drug Handbook, Thirty-Sixth Edition Lippincott 978-1-4698-8704-3 • May 2015 • Softbound • 5” x 8” • 1672 pp

The 36th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses 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. Features • You can also count on Nursing2016 Drug Handbook to tell you unapproved, off-label drug uses so you’ll always know why a drug is prescribed. And, this year, be a more confident nurse with fingertip access to. • NEW! FDA-approved drugs • NEW! Appendices on Serotonin syndrome, Tumor lysis syndrome, and the Nursing Process and Drug Therapy • NEW! Appendices on Canadian drugs and safety concerns: Do Not Use chart (ISMP Canada), Decision Tree, Canadian National Drug Schedules. With the safeguards you’ll find only in the Nursing2016 Drug Handbook, it’s easier than ever to stay current on the more than 4,500 latest changes to drug information and to avoid even the most common medication errors: • Adjust-a-dose feature for dosage adjustments needed by special populations • Administration guidelines for all appropriate routes • Expanded full-color pill guide containing more drug images than in any previous edition! • Increased coverage of adverse reactions! Includes those that occur with 1% & greater frequency, with special emphasis on life- threatening adverse reactions • Chapters on drug classes, drug safety, drug interactions, and drug therapy across the lifespan • Elder care medication tips and pediatric drug-error information in appendices • Evidence-based off-label indications and dosages • FDA Black Box Warnings in appropriate drug monographs • Interactions by Drug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-lab tests, Drug- alternative therapy clearly identified • Overdose signs & symptoms, where appropriate • Safe Drug Administration chapter focuses on the most current guidelines, ISMP initiatives, and contemporary patient safety issues (such as REMS), preventing and treating extravasation, and preventing exposure to hazardous drugs • Safety alert icon for potentially toxic drugs, I.V. drug incompatibility, dialyzable drugs, toxic drug-drug interactions, and much more.

Table of Contents Contents Anatomy of a monograph Contributors and consultants How to use Nursing2016 Drug Handbook® Quick guide to special symbols, logos,

and highlighted terms Guide to abbreviations

Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation

General information 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions 2. Drug therapy across the lifespan 3. Safe drug administration Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name Appendices 1. Avoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention 2. Pregnancy risk categories: The FDA’s Final Rule. 3. Controlled substance schedules 4. Abbreviations to avoid 5. Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors 6. Elder care medication tips 7. Drugs that prolong the QTc interval 8. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines 9. Cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drug interactions

Nursing2017 Drug Handbook Lippincott

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978-1-4963-2255-5 •May2016 •Softbound •5”x8” •1600pp

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