Abstract/Introduction
The 30th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revised and updated to appeal to the education market as well as the practice market! This comprehensive reference provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs. The monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use, and they focus on the practical information that practicing nurses need. Each monograph consists of generic and trade names, pronunciation key, pregnancy risk category, pharmacologic class, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms, indications and dosages, administration (with drug incompatibilities for I.V. drugs), action (including tables showing route, onset, peak, duration, and half-life), adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications, nursing considerations, and patient teaching. “Doody’s Core Titles #153; 2009.

Specific Detail Info
Organized by therapeutic class,  Nursing Drug Handbook provides quick access to current, accurate information on over 1,000 generic and 3,000 brand-name drugs. Entries include Alerts, dosage adjustments for specific populations, I.V. administration, off-label indications, adverse reactions, and interactions with rapid-onset interactions highlighted. This edition includes over 20 recently approved drugs and new indications. New appendices include chemotherapy acronyms and protocols and a table of common interactions with cytochrome P-450 enzymes.

The web package or CD package contains 200 drug monographs and corresponding customizable patient-teaching handouts.

With your purchase you will also receive access, free, to online drug updates. The edition’s interactions sections newly feature “Rapid Onset” information, highlighting moderate-to-severe interactions that appear within 24 hours. Coverage includes dozens of recently FDA-approved drugs, more pediatric dosages, and more off-label uses. Other features include a full-color photo guide to tablets and capsules and an expanded English-Spanish drug phrase translator. The book is arranged in this manner:

* Compatibility of drugs combined in a syringe
* Contributors and consultants
* How to use Nursing Drug Handbook
* Guide to abbreviations
* General Information
1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions
2. Drug therapy across the lifespan
3. Safe drug administration
4. Drug classifications Anti-infectives
5. Amebicides, antiprotozoals, and anthelmintics
6. Aminoglycosides
7. Antifungals
8. Antimalarials
9. Antiretrovirals
10. Antituberculotics
11. Antivirals
12. Cephalosporins
13. Fluororquinolones
14. Local anti-infectives
15. Macrolide anit-infectives
16. Penicillins
17. Scabicides and pediculicides
18. Sulonamides
19. Tetracyclines
20. Miscellaneous anti-infectives Cardiovascular System Drugs
21. Antianginals
22. Antiarrhythmics
23. Antihypertensives
24. Antilipemics
25. Diuretics
26. Inotropics
27. Vasodilators
28. Vasopressors
29. Miscellaneous cardiovascular drugs Hematologic Drugs
30. Antianemics
31. Anicoagulants
32. Blood derivatives
33. Neutropenic drugs
34. Platelet drugs
35. Thromoblytic enzymes Central Nervous System Drugs
36. Alzheimer disease drug
37. Anticonvulsants
38. Antidepressants
39. Antimigraine
40. Antiparkinsonians
41. Antipsychotics
42. Anxiolytics
43. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs
44. CNS stimulants
45. Non-opioid analgesics and antipyretics
46. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories
47. Opioid analgesics
48. Sedative-hypontics Musculoskeletal Drugs
49. Antigout drugs
50. Antiresorptive drugs
51. Antirheumatics
52. Neuromuscular blockers
53. Parathyroid-like drugs
54. Skeletal muscle relaxants Respiratory Tract Drugs
55. Antihistamines
56. Bronchodilators
57. Miscellaneous respiratory drugs Gastrointestinal Tract Drugs
58. Antacids, adsorbents, and antiflatulents
59. Antidiarrheals
60. Antiemetics
61. Antiulceratives and reflux drugs
62. Irritable bowel syndrome drugs
63. Laxatives
64. Miscellaneous gastrointestinal tract drugs Genitourinary System Drugs
65. Benigh prostatic hyperplasia drugs
66. Erectile dysfunction drugs
67. Incontinence drugs
68. Miscellaneous urinary drugs Hormonal Drugs
69. Androgens and anabolic steroids
70. Estrogens and progestins
71. Fertility drugs
72. Oral antidiabetics
73. Oxytocics
74. Parenteral antidiabetics and glucagon
75. Pituitary hormones
76. Steroidal anti-inflammatories
77. Thyroid hormone antagonists
78. Thyroid hormones
79. Topical anti-inflammatories Antineoplastics
80. Alkylating drugs
81. Antibiotic antineoplastics
82. Antimetabolites

Special Note to Nurse Executives: Many hospitals and clinics buy this book in quantity to ensure each nursing station and office keeps a copy of this reliable resource. Up-to-date and easily accessible information is cited as a primary tool in the prevention of medication and prevention errors.