Nurse's Drug Handbook 2013

Overview

Jones and Bartlett Learning 2013 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference.

Updated annually, it provides:

• Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abatacept to zonisamide
• 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
• 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 and contraindications
• Interactions with drugs, food, and activities
• Adverse reactions
• Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points
• Mechanism-of-action illustrations
• Warnings and precautions

New drug entries include:

• azilsartan medoxomil
• belatacept
• clobazam
• deferiprone
• ezogabine
• Factor XIII
• fidaxomicin
• icatibant
• linagliptin
• roflumilast

Table of Contents

• Advisors, Reviewers, and Clinical Consultants
• Foreword
• Overview of Pharmacology
• Principles of Drug Administration
• Drug Therapy and the Nursing Process
• Individual drugs (organized alphabetically)
• Appendices
• Insulin Preparations
• Selected Ophthalmic Drugs
• Antihistamines
• Selected Topical Drugs
• Selected Antivirals
• Selected Antineoplastic Drugs
• Selected Antihypertensive Combinations
• Vitamins
• Interferons
• Compatible Drugs in a Syringe
• Drug Formulas and Calculations
• Weights and Equivalents
• Equianalgesic Doses for Opioid Agonists
• Abbreviations

About the Author(s)

Jones & Bartlett Learning
Founded in 1983, Jones & Bartlett Learning (previously Jones and Bartlett Publishers) is a world-leading provider of instructional, assessment and learning-performance management solutions for the post-secondary, career and professional markets. We endeavor to develop educational programs and services that improve learning outcomes and enhance student achievement across a broad spectrum of academic, career and professional fields. Our products and services uniquely combine authoritative content from academia and industry thought-leaders with innovative, proven and engaging technology applications that enable anytime, anywhere learning—revolutionizing how instructors teach, professionals train, and students learn.