An Ultra-Convenient, Safety-Focused Drug Guide Written for RNs by RNs Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook delivers instant access to concise, need-to-know information on more than 3,000 brand-name and 1,000 generic drugs. Carefully updated and based on feedback from nurses worldwide, the Handbook is an essential tool in ensuring the safest, most effective drug administration possible. Features Organized alphabetically by generic name Covers each drug's mechanism of action, indication, dosage, contraindications, and more Up-to-date overview of ophthalmic drugs, drug classes, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements Color-coded “clinical alert” icons throughout Full-color patient safety and drug identification inserts Useful photo gallery of common tablets and capsules NEW treatment algorithms Vital coverage of life-threatening adverse reactions Valuable appendices Ribbon bookmark to keep your place Off-label uses for many drugs PDA download of the ENTIRE text Online companion site (www.nursedrughandbook.com) with drug updates, downloadable patient education information, and more

The drug guide you can rely on to keep your patients safe Best Value on the Market! Nursing Spectrum Drug Handbook provides everything you must know to protect your patients and yourself when administering drugs. Written by RNs for RNs, the Handbook delivers the evidence base you need to safely administer more than 3,000 brand-name drugs and 1,000 generic drugs -- along with important patient monitoring instructions specific to each drug. Here’s why you can’t find a more safety-focused drug guide: FDA boxed warnings appear within each monograph Special icons point out hazardous and high-alert drugs Safety inserts explain how to handle hazardous drugs Full-color 32-page insert covers Safe Drug Administration Critical advice on treating adverse reactions Full-text download for your mobile device Online companion website provides drug updates, patient education information, and more A streamlined design that puts important information at your fingertips

Best Value on the Market! A comprehensive, quick-access drug guide focusing on patient safety – written specifically for nurses! McGraw-Hill Nurse’s Drug Handbook provides everything nurses must know to protect themselves and their patients when administering drugs. The Handbook delivers the evidence-base needed to safely administer more than 3,000 brand-name drugs and 1,000 generic drugs – along with important patient monitoring instructions specific to each drug. For the safest, most effective drug administration possible: FDA boxed warnings appear within each monograph Special icons point out hazardous and high-alert drugs Safety inserts explain how to handle hazardous drugs Full-color 32 page insert covers Safe Drug Administration Critical advice on treating adverse reactions A streamlined design puts important information at your fingertips

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. Written especially for nurses caring for patients with cancer, the 2013 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook uniquely expresses drug therapy in terms of the nursing process: nursing diagnoses, etiologies of toxicities, and key points for nursing assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Updated annually, this essential reference provides valuable information on effective symptom management, patient education, and chemotherapy administration. Completely revised and updated, the 2013 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook includes: * New drug entries and revisions * Specific drugs described in terms of their mechanism of action, metabolism, drug interactions, laboratory effects/interference, and special considerations * The most important and common drug side effects * Greater discussion of fundamentals of malignant transformation, new molecular targets, and drugs in the pipeline

A new and updated version of this best-selling resource! Jones and Bartlett Publisher’s 2011 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference! It provides: * Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abacavir sulfate to Zyvox * Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically * No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday * Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names for quick reference It has all the vital information you need at your fingertips: * Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule * Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information * Incompatibilities, contraindications; interactions with drugs, food, and activities; and adverse reactions * Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points * Vital features include mechanism-of-action illustrations showing how drugs at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels and dosage adjustments help individualize care for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs * Warnings and precautions that keep you informed and alert