PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook George R. Spratto, PhD; Adrienne L. Woods, MSN,
ARNP, NP-C
2008 Edition Durable Softcover: 1,760+ pages, 4.75"
x 7.88"
ISBN 1428305319
9781428305311
Thomson PDR / Delmar Learning July 2007, for 2008 List Price: $39.95 (click below for 2008 edition)
The PDR Nurse's Drug
Handbook was designed with the practicing nurse in mind.
With over 1,000 of the latest and
most common FDA-approved drugs, the PDR Nurse’s Drug Handbook™
is a clinical requisite. Each entry provides a wealth of facts
concerning drug action, dosage, interactions, and contraindications.
Clear guidelines are also provided for administration of drugs,
communication with clients, and nursing considerations. The PDR
Nurse’s Drug Handbook™ highlights prevention of medication
errors and clinical accountability like no other drug resource,
making it the gold standard for modern nursing practice.
Nurse executives and managers, your
peers often obtain quantities of
this reliable guide each year, procuring at least one for each
nursing station. With the priorities of accurate patient education
and reduction of medication errors, every nurse needs up-to-date
ready access to reliable medicine information. Special features for
patient safety include:
FREE downloads to your Personal
Digital Assistant (PDA) with access to the searchable Nurse's
Drug Database
Black Box icons alert users to
particularly dangerous drugs with serious and life-threatening
side effects
Ear icons identify drug names
that sound like others, to prevent medication errors
FREE drug updates
Common Spanish phrases to
overcome cultural communication barriers
Latest patient safety goals have
been provided for quick reference
This book is
lightweight and portable, putting essential drug data at your
fingertips and it offers crystal-clear explanations of the information
you need to do your job effectively. Benefits of this
handbook:
Quick and easy
reference to vital drug data.
Now conveniently arranged in a handy A to Z format, the PDR
Nurse's Drug Handbook provides complete, alphabetically
arranged descriptions of each drug, including contents, dosage,
side effects, overdose symptoms, and treatments.
Free Internet
updates.
Instructions included with book.
Accuracy unmatched in
the industry.
PDR is the world's best-selling drug reference, with a
reputation for accuracy and depth of content unduplicated by any
other publication. PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook is based on
the same reliable, detailed data that has made PDR the clear
leader in the field.
Complete,
comprehensive reference data.
Included are detailed listings for the most widely prescribed
retail drugs, commonly administered hospital medications, and
numerous drugs used in long-term and home health care. The most
frequently recommended over-the-counter drugs are also included.
The PDR Nurse's Drug
Handbook gives you the full story, from the nurse's perspective,
on thousands of new and existing drugs, for example:
Cialis
(tadalafil), a new selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine
monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 indicated for
the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Crestor
(rosuvastatin calcium), a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor
indicated as an adjunct to diet in the treatment of primary
hypercholesterolemia, mixed dyslipidemia, and elevated
triglyceride levels, or as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering
therapies (or if these are unavailable) for treatment of
homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Levitra
(vardenafil HCl), a new selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine
monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 indicated for
the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Namenda
(memantine HCl), the first NMDA receptor antagonist indicated
for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the
Alzheimer's type.
You may also be interested in
these drug resources:
AHFS Drug
Information - AHFS DI -
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, for physicians,
pharmacists & practitioners
