Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Providing comprehensive, easy-to-access information on 731 trade-name drugs, including 20 recently approved drugs, this edition also lists common drug-herb interactions and adverse reactions, along with a full-color photoguide to more than 400 tablets and capsules. Comes with a mini-CD with an NCLEX(-style pharmacology self-test.
Synopsis
Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2006 provides comprehensive, easy-to-access information on 731 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs, including 20 recently-approved drugs. This edition lists common drug-herb interactions and adverse reactions that may be misinterpreted as age-related changes. Other features include a full-color photoguide to over 400 tablets and capsules; coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted; nursing process sections in every drug entry; chapters on dosage calculation, drug administration, and preventing medication errors; and updates on eDrugInfo.com.
The book includes a free mini-CD containing an NCLEX®-style pharmacology self-test with new alternate-format questions.
Table of Contents
How to use Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2006
Guide to abbreviations
Drug therapy and the nursing process
Essentials of dosage calculations
Drug administration techniques
Medication errors
Drug classification section
A-to-Z drug monographs
4/c Guide to tablets and capsules
Herbal medicines
Adverse reactions that may be misinterpreted as age-related changes
Most common drug-herb interactions
PQRST pain assessment
Pregnancy risk categories
Controlled substance schedules
Look alike and sound-alike drugs
Dialyzable drugs
Selected opioid analgesic combination products
Normal laboratory test values
Table of equivalents
Drugs that shouldn't be crushed
Acknowledgments
Index