Davis's drug guide for nurses

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Delivers all of the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan -- well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs. --Publisher's description.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Authors: Vallerand, April Hazard (Author), Sanoski, Cynthia A. (Author), Deglin, Judith Hopfer, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, 2015
Edition:Fourteenth edition.
Series:STAT!Ref electronic medical library.
Subjects:
Drugs > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical therapy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drugs > Dosage.
Pharmaceutical Preparations > administration & dosage
Drug Therapy > nursing
Pharmacology, Clinical > methods
Handbook
Nurses Instruction
handbooks.
manuals (instructional materials)
Handbooks and manuals.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • How to use Davis's drug guide for nurses
  • Evidence-based practice and pharmaceutics; implications for nurses
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Medication errors: improving practices and patient safety
  • Detecting and managing adverse drug reactions
  • Overview of risk evaluation and mitigation systems (REMS)
  • Special Dosing Considerations:
  • Pediatric patient
  • Geriatric patient
  • Patient of reproductive age
  • Renal disease
  • Liver disease
  • Heart failure
  • Body size
  • Drug interactions
  • Educating Patients About Safe Medication Use
  • Classifications:
  • Anti-Alzheimer's agents
  • Antianemics
  • Antianginals
  • Antianxiety agents
  • Antiarrhythmics
  • Antiasthmatics
  • Anticholinergics
  • Anticoagulants
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Antidepressants
  • Antidiabetics
  • Antidiarrheals
  • Antiemetics
  • Antifungals
  • Antihistamines
  • Antihypertensives
  • Anti-infectives
  • Antineoplastics
  • Antiparkinson agents
  • Antiplatelet agents
  • Antipsychotics
  • Antipyretics
  • Antiretrovirals
  • Antirheumatics
  • Antituberculars
  • Antiulcer agents
  • Antivirals
  • Beta blockers
  • Bone resorption inhibitors
  • Bronchodilators
  • Calcium channel blockers
  • Central nervous system stimulants
  • Corticosteroids
  • Diuretics
  • Hormones
  • Immunosuppressants
  • Laxatives
  • Lipid lowering agents
  • Minerals/electrolytes/pH modifiers
  • Natural/herbal products
  • Nonopioid analgesics
  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents
  • Opioid analgesics
  • Sedative/hypnotics
  • Skeletal muscle relaxants
  • Thrombolytics
  • Vaccines/immunizing agents
  • Vascular headache suppressants
  • Vitamins
  • Weight control agents
  • Drug Monographs In Alphabetical Order By Generic Name
  • Drugs Approved In Canada
  • Natural/Herbal Products
  • Medication Safety Tools
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A: Recent drug approvals
  • Appendix B: Combination drugs
  • Appendix C: Ophthalmic medications
  • Appendix D: Medication administration techniques
  • Appendix E: Formulas helpful for calculating doses
  • Appendix F: Body surface area nomograms
  • Appendix G: Normal values of common laboratory tests
  • Appendix H: Commonly used abbreviations
  • Appendix I: Pregnancy categories
  • Appendix J: Controlled substance schedules
  • Appendix K: Equianalgesic dosing guidelines
  • Appendix L: Recommendations for the safe handling of hazardous drugs
  • Appendix M: Food sources for specific nutrients
  • Appendix N: Insulins and insulin therapy
  • Appendix O: Canadian and U S pharmaceutical practices
  • Appendix P: Routine pediatric and adult immunizations
  • Appendix Q: Administering medications to children
  • Appendix R: Pediatric dosage calculations
  • Appendix S: Pediatric fluid and electrolyte requirements
  • Appendix T: Early management of anaphylactic reactions
  • Appendix U: Cytochrome P450 System
  • Bibliography
  • Comprehensive generic/trade/classifications index.

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