Davis'
Drug Guide for Nurses, 10th Edition Judith Hopfer Deglin, PharmD, April Hazard
Vallerand, PhD, RN
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Book + bonus CD-ROM Size: 8.3" x 5.2" Softcover: 1,406 pages
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ISBN 0803614543
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Davis
June 2006
Price $39.95 (click below for the softcover edition with CD-ROM)
PDA Version (on CD-ROM)
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ISBN 0803615655
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June 2006
Price $49.95 (click below for the PDA version)
Focused on patient safety, Davis’s Drug Guide
for Nurses is like having an experienced nurse at your side! The
new Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 9th Edition contains
well-organized monographs with an emphasis on what
nurses need to know. The new edition has even more new monographs, including the
latest FDA approvals, and its alphabetical presentation allows for
quick look-ups. New features include:
Expanded pediatric coverage
including new indications and dosing recommendations for 100 top
pediatric drugs
Expanded "Nursing Implications"
coverage highlights pediatric, geriatric, and OB medication
administration considerations
New appendix devoted to
pediatric issues includes:
An immunization schedule
Tips and special techniques
for administering medications to children
Oral rehydration solutions
Drugs and breast feeding
New appendix of Beer's
Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults – a
compilation of drugs that can be harmful to older adults and
a list of drugs associated with increased number of falls in
older adults
Expanded appendix of herbal
and natural products to offer the most complete coverage of
any other source
Easier-to-read design
Plus, free updates and recently FDA-approved drug
monographs are posted regularly at the web site. More patient safety information
than any other drug guide:
Includes do not confuse with caution statements throughout -
updated to include 300 new do not confuse with statements
Do not crush, break, or chew caution statements highlighted in
color
Side effects organized by body systems with the most frequent
problems underlined and LIFE-THREATENING
problems capitalized and in color
Includes "Do not confuse with"
caution statements throughout
"Do not crush, break, or chew"
caution statements highlighted in color
Side effects organized by body
systems with the most frequent problems underlined and
LIFE-THREATENING problems capitalized and in color
Specific nursing actions help prevent administration errors,
detect dosing and dispensing errors, and detect or prevent
adverse drug reactions (ADRs):
How to
administer IV medications, including:
Dose,
Dilution, and Rate
Clinical
Precautions
Direct IV:
Intermittent or Continuous Infusion
Life Span
Considerations
IV
Compatibility and Incompatibility
Which drugs
are commonly confused
What types
of written orders must be clarified
When to
have another practitioner independently check your calculations
Detailed implementation information explains how to administer
medication safely by all routes - includes:
Toxicity
and Overdosage signs, symptoms and treatment for selected high
alert drugs
Commonly
misinterpreted abbreviations are listed to help your students
know what to do when they encounter these
Dosing considerations for patients with renal or hepatic
impairment
How to educate patients for safe medication use in the home
All organized within a Nursing Process framework to help your
students plan care! Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses takes
Patient Safety a step further with expanded High Alert Coverage:
A special highlighted tab identifies High Alert Medications
that have a high risk for patient injury. Includes all
medications identified by JCAHO and the Institute for Safe
Medication Practices, an FDA MedWatch partner.
Highlighted information throughout the monograph explains why
a medication is high alert and what the nurse can do to ensure
patient safety
Specific nursing interventions to ensure safe administration
of high alert medications
The Most Comprehensive and Detailed Nursing Implications,
including:
Nursing diagnoses suggestions that address drug indications or
potential side effects
Clear assessment information helps your student competently
monitor for both therapeutic and unwanted drug effects - also
includes pain assessment guidelines and lab test considerations
Comprehensive patient education information for every
medication - assumes no previous knowledge about medication and
highlights critically important points
Other Key Features:
Full-sized CD-ROM that includes:
Test Yourself Tutorial: Preventing
Medication Errors, a self test with rationales, consisting of
"real life" scenarios to help students experience the realities
of error prone practices
NEW! Wound Care Review, a
tutorial that reviews wound care products and their use
NEW! Wound Care Clinical Sheets
that review pressure ulcer prevention strategies, wound
assessment, pressure ulcer stages and treatment, and wound care
products. Printable and portable to bring to clinical!
A Drug Dosage Calculator
Includes Quick Look-Up
application to easily find 300 of the most widely used drugs,
plus 300 other commonly-used drugs with the ability to print
Average wholesale prices for the top 300 drugs with generic
availability indicated where available
4,600 trade and generic drugs
30 new monographs, along with the latest FDA information on
new medications/warnings, dosage forms and unlabeled uses,
life-span considerations, and product withdrawals
50 Comprehensive Drug Classes - with herbals in a separate
class
More complete coverage of herbals, including 18 full
monographs on those most commonly used
Search for medications on www.DrugGuide.com as well as find
information on the latest FDA-approved drugs
Accurate pediatric and geriatric dosages for prescription and
over-the-counter meds
475 commonly used combination drugs completely updated
Incorporates updated NANDA diagnoses throughout
Pain guidelines emphasized for easy identification
Flavors of pediatric meds included where appropriate
Generic availability with prices clearly indicated (when
available)
Features of the PDA version:
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
includes Mobipocket Reader (Pro version). This application
allows the user to:
Annotate monographs
Create your own custom links and
bookmarks
Copy and paste material to other
applications
PDA Requirements:
Palm OS 3.5 or later, Pocket PC
2002 or above.
Mobipocket Reader Pro 4.8
(included on CD-ROM)
5 MB Free Memory
Windows Desktop Requirements:
Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with an
Internet connection for registration (Internet Explorer 5.0
required as a minimum)
Palm Desktop for Palm OS, MS
ActiveSync 3.5 or above for Pocket
