Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP
2008 Updated Softcover Edition +
bonus CD-ROM 8.25" x 5", 1170 pages
ISBN 0323053327
ISBN-13: 9780323053327
Mosby
July 2007
List Price: $45.95 (click below for 2008 softcover book + CD data version)
For extensive nursing considerations
(including nursing diagnoses), as well as current, comprehensive
drug safety information, here's a handy portable drug handbook for
you.
Organized
alphabetically, Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses includes
detailed coverage of IV drugs, interactions between drugs, and more.
A color drug administration guide
illustrates drug administration procedures for drugs given
intravenously and intramuscularly. Colorful illustrations show how
drugs work at the cellular level.
Each copy also includes a CD-ROM
that contains drug information on the most commonly prescribed
medications in printable format, calculation tutorial, NCLEX
examination-format questions for 65 drugs nursing students are most
likely to administer in clinicals, drug card creator, calculation
tutorial, and more.
Special features of this
book include:
Organizes drugs alphabetically
to allow fast retrieval of essential information.
Features a drug category section
with nursing diagnoses, generic drugs, and highlighted key drugs
in each category.
Features a functional,
user-friendly two-color design that includes icons for key
drugs, nursing alerts, and Canadian drugs; colored monograph
headings facilitate easy location of information.
Provides a full-color atlas of
medication administration, including a review of Universal
Standard Precautions, to clearly depict and visually reinforce
key steps in safe and effective drug administration for various
routes.
Provides a biannual update on
newly released drugs.
Features “Tall Man” lettering
for easily confused drug names in accordance with FDA
recommendations.
Highlights key drugs with a
special icon to help students focus on important drugs within
drug classifications.
Provides information on the
therapeutic outcome to encourage critical thinking and provide a
focus for the plan of care.
Highlights critical nursing
considerations with a "Nursing Alert" icon to identify
situations that potentially could cause harm to the patient.
Highlights common side effects
and life-threatening adverse reactions in a different typeface
for immediate recognition in emergency situations and lists them
by body system.
Includes extensive interactions
information for drug-to-drug, drug-to-drug category,
drug-to-food, drug-to-herb, and drug-to-lab test.
Features hundreds of potential
interactions between drugs and herbal products.
Highlights incompatibility
information for site- and solution-specific incompatibilities.
Provides pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics in chart form where appropriate for easy access
to information.
Designates generic drugs as
prescription (Rx) or over-the-counter (OTC) for immediate
identification of drug status.
Provides both drug-to-drug and
drug-to-solution compatibility charts for easy access.
Provides both a general index
and a disorders index for easy application within integrated
pharmacology courses.
Includes appendixes on
controlled substances, FDA pregnancy categories, nomogram for
calculating body surface area, and commonly used abbreviations
for quick clinical reference.
Features a flexible,
water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical
setting.
Contains an expanded appendix of
Rarely Used Drugs that provides summaries of numerous products
and helps distinguish these products from more commonly
administered drugs.
Features appendix of Combination
Products that provides a listing of product names, generic
ingredients, and component dosages for more than 500 combination
products.
A companion website includes quarterly drug
updates, FDA alerts, WebLinks, patient teaching guides,
English-to-Spanish translations, and more.
You may also be interested in
these drug resources:
AHFS Drug
Information - AHFS DI -
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, for physicians,
pharmacists & practitioners
