Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook provides current, detailed information on more than 1,000 generic and 4,000 trade name drugs. This handy, user-friendly guide includes updated uses, dosage forms, warnings, side effects and adverse reactions, IV drug administration, nursing considerations, and much more. Organized alphabetically by generic drug name for quick reference, this book stands out from the others in guiding the nurse through the steps essential to quality patient care.
New to this edition
- New drug monographs for approximately 20-30 newly approved drugs by the FDA provides readers with the most current drug information
- Each monograph read and updated as necessary with new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information included throughout as needed. Current information helps nurses feel confident in the accuracy of the information and helps prevent medication dispensing errors
Key Features
• More than 1,000 generic name drugs (encompassing over 4,000 trade name drugs) organized alphabetically with A to Z tabs provides users with quick and easy access. • Lists all newly approved drugs in the front of the book. • Detailed information for each drug distinguishes side effects and adverse reactions and lists the effect or reaction by frequency of occurrence to allow the nurse to easily identify which are most likely to occur. • Promotes safe drug administration by including a special text treatment for "High-Alert" drugs and includes an appendix for drug names that sound alike and look alike to highlights drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm. • Therapeutic and toxic blood level information incorporates in the Interactions section and under Nursing Implications and provides users with patient implications for drug administration. • Lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations focuses on pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, and immune- or renal-compromised patients to informs users of special considerations for specific patient populations. • UNIQUE! Incorporates frequently-used herb monographs which are featured in the A to Z portion of the book with additional herb information in the appendix to inform users of common herbs that they may encounter. • Organizes nursing implications in a functional nursing process framework and includes headings for Baseline Assessment, Intervention/Evaluation, and Patient/Family Teaching presents the information in a way that is relevant to nurses. • Extensively expanded IV content features a heading for IV compatibilities, and expanded rates of infusion, reconstitutions, drip rates, test doses, flushing, and incompatibilities. • Covers herbal interactions noted within drug entries provide valuable drug safety information. • Classifications section features an overview of actions and uses for drug families to gives users a snapshot of the important drug information for each drug class. • Top 100 drugs help users identify the most frequently administered drugs. • Fixed combinations included in dosages of each combined drug directly within the individual monographs help readers understand different drug dose options for specific diseases. • Cross references 400 top U.S. brand name drugs directly in the main section of the book makes drug info quick and easy to locate. Cross references include page numbers for easier accessibility. • Free access to the Evolve site which features customizable and printable monographs for 100 of the most commonly drugs in addition to other valuable drug-related information as well as Evolve-only drugs (not found in the book) • Comprehensive foldout IV Compatibility Chart provides compatibility information for 65 intravenous drugs.
Author Information
By Robert Kizior, BS, RPh, Pharmacist (retired), Department of Pharmacy, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, Illinois,; Former Adjunct Faculty Member at William Rainey Harper Community College, Palatine, Illinois, USA and Keith Hodgson, RN, BSN, CCRN
