Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
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One of the bestselling nursing drug guides, with 1,500 drugs organized by generic name. Color images of drugs, lifespan dosing, available drug forms, and expanded IV information are new features. Robin Y. Wood This is the fifth edition of a drug reference for nurses describing over 1500 prescription and nonprescription drugs classified into 51 categories. Drugs are alphabetically arranged by generic name with quick-reference A-Z tabs and a detailed cross-referenced index of names. The book includes more than 80 new drugs, many recently approved by the FDA. Two new anticonvulsants, two new antidepressants, and several new antiretroviral agents are described. The purpose is to provide a current, comprehensive, and convenient drug resource for nurses to assure safe and effective administration of medications. Drug information highlights the indications, action and pharmacokinetics, contraindications and precautions, side effects, interactions, route and dosage, time/action profile, and warnings for each drug. Nursing implications offered for each drug include assessment, laboratory test considerations, potential nursing diagnoses, implementation, patient/family teaching instructions, and guidelines for evaluation. This information is essential for safe, informed patient care by nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in every healthcare setting. This type of reference is required wherever nurses give medications. Full color pictures clearly display 430 most commonly prescribed drugs. Special dosing considerations are given for pediatric, geriatric, and obstetric patients and patients with renal/liver or congestive heart failure. Issues of compatibility among drugs in syringes, IV tubing, and solutions are addressed. Appendixes contain useful tables for calculating infusion rates and dosages, commonly used combination drugs, administration techniques, routine immunizations, andrecent drug release updates. This drug reference is accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive, and convenient. It should be owned by all nurses and nursing students, available in all nursing libraries, and handy for quick reference in all healthcare settings where drugs are administered.
HOW TO USE DAVIS'S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES xvii SPECIAL DOSING CONSIDERATIONS xxi The Pediatric Patient xxi The Geriatric Patient xxi The Obstetric Patient xxii Renal Disease xxii Liver Disease xxiii Congestive Heart Failure xxiii Body Size xxiii Delivery to Sites of Action xxiv Drug Interactions xxiv Dosage Forms xxiv Environmental Factors xxv Nutritional Factors xxv Summary xxv MEDICATION MISADVENTURES: THE NURSE'S ROLE IN DETECTING, PREVENTING, AND DOCUMENTING ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AND MEDICATION ERRORS xxxi CLASSIFICATIONS C1 -- C74 DRUG MONOGRAPHS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY GENERIC NAME 1 -- 1056 APPENDICES Appendix A. Commonly Used Combination Drugs 1059 Appendix B. Equianalgesic Tables 1078 Appendix C. Schedules of Controlled Substances 1082 Appendix D. Infusion Rate Tables 1084 Appendix E. Food and Drug Administration Pregnancy Categories 1090 Appendix F. Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses 1091 Appendix G. Body Surface Area Nomograms 1094 Appendix H. Administration Techniques 1096 Appendix I. Recommendations for the Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs 1099 Appendix J. Normal Values of Common Laboratory Tests 1103 Appendix K. Dietary Guidelines for Food Sources 1105 Appendix L. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) 1107 Appendix M. Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations 1109 Appendix N. Endocarditis Prophylaxis Guidelines 1112 Appendix O. Ophthalmic Medications 1114 Appendix P. Recent Drug Release Update 1124 Appendix Q. Infrequently Used Drugs 1129 Appendix R. Sample FDA Medication Error and Adverse Reaction Reporting 1145 Appendix S. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses from the 12th Conference 1149 BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1151 COMPREHENSIVE GENERIC/TRADE/CLASSIFICATIONS INDEX 1152
