Nursing 2004 Drug Handbook (Nursing Drug Handbook)

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Annual pocket-sized reference provides more than 1,000 drug monographs including 34 newly approved drugs. Includes a table of adverse reactions, quick reference table on drugs for managing pain, a color guide to capsules and tablets, and a new chapter on miscellaneous GI drugs. Highlights possible dangers with a special icon. For nurses. Softcover.


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The only nursing drug guide organized by therapeutic class, this year's fully updated edition contains more than 900 entries, and covers more than 1,000 generic and 3,500 brand-name drugs. The value of this comprehensive reference is enhanced with the inclusion of a free mini-CD-ROM, which features 10 CE tests and 200 drug monographs linked to 200 patient-teaching handouts. This handbook also includes an updated and expanded 32-page full-color photo guide to the most commonly prescribed tablets and capsules. New to this edition: more than 30 monographs on newly FDA-approved drugs, new FDA-approved indications and dosages, and off-label indications included in every appropriate drug monograph. Appendices include herbal medicines, infusion flow rates, dialyzable drugs, drugs that shouldn't be crushed, look alike and sound alike drugs, English-Spanish drug phrase translator, therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines, and combination drugs for pain management, and more.


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