This comprehensive guide provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. The fully revised 2005 edition includes the latest drugs approved by the FDA. This is the only drug guide to include Prototype Drugs for easier learning. Also included are Drug Interactions that include food and herbal interactions, Geriatric and Pediatric Dosing Guidelines that include infants and neonates, complete IV Preparation and Administration information, Adverse Effects organized by body system, Administration Information organized by route, as well as a comprehensive Companion Website - www.prenhall.com/drugguides - that provides access to the most up-to-date drug information. Nursing Implications are highlighted throughout.

A standard resource for nurses, this drug guide provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug information in a quickly accessible format. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. Included are important clinical information for hundreds of drugs including adverse reactions, interactions, and side effects. This is the only handbook that consistently breaks dosages down to the level of neonate, infant, and adolescent and also includes dosage requirements for obese patients and patients undergoing dialysis. It also breaks down IV drug information with clear instructions for preparing and administering IV's via push, continuous, or intermittent in a format that is easily accessible for professionals. This edition contains 235 updates to existing drug monographs covering changes in availability, indications, dosages, contraindications, removals from market, administration, and more. 38 new drugs approved by the FDA in 2007 are also included. This retail edition includes the suggested list price printed on the back cover. Nursing professionals and students.

A standard resource for nurses, this unique book provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. Includes 21 new drugs added as approved by the FDA and over 200 updates / revisions made to existing drugs. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. An easy-to-use dosage information disk is included to provide nurses with monographs of the most commonly prescribed and dispensed drugs and prototype drugs. Nursing professionals and students.

CORRECTIVE NOTICEAUGUST 16, 2006 This notice concerns copies of our book, Prentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 (ISBN 0132223368 or 0132433486), that we shipped prior to June 20, 2006. The original back cover of the book contains incorrect information regarding the contents ofPrentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 in comparison to the contents ofMosby's Nursing Drug Reference 2007 andDavis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Ninth Edition. Contrary to the statements made in the comparative grid that appears on the original back cover, both Mosby's and Davis's books contain an electronic drug calculator on the accompanying CD-ROM, information about IV preparation and administration, and coverage of all three types of drug interactions. We previously added a sticker to the back cover of the book, and issued a formal recall of the unstickered version of the book (these would be books shipped prior to June 20, 2006). If we shipped any copies of the book to you before June 20, 2006, and your copies are not stickered, we now renew our request that you either return all unstickered copies of this book to us or affix the stickers that we sent over the chart on the back cover. a call tag to return the books at our cost, or additional stickers, or if you have any other questions. Also, replacement copies are available for immediate shipment -- please reorder them if you wish to have us send replacement copies to you. These replacement copies differ from the original only by the addition of the sticker on the back cover. We will pay the costs of shipping the replacement copies to you. We regret that this situation occurred, and we apologize for any inconvenience

KEY BENEFIT: A standard resource for nurses, this unique book provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. KEY TOPICS: Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. An easy-to-use dosage information disk is included to provide nurses with monographs of the most commonly prescribed and dispensed drugs and prototype drugs.

With over 310 updates, the new 2011 edition of the PEARSON NURSE'S DRUG GUIDE providessafe, effective, current, and accurate drug information in a quickly accessible format. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. Included are important clinical information for hundreds of drugs including adverse reactions, interactions, and side effects. FInd out why this is the only drug guide nurses need: ONLY handbook to identify prototype drugs! Dosages for neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, and patients with obesity and renal or hepatic impairment Clearly identified IV preparation and push, continuous, or intermittent administration information ONLY drug guide to include a glossary of key signs and symptoms for which nurses should monitor during assessment for side effects, interactions, and impact on lab results. The Pearson Nurse's Drug Guide 2011 also comes with an online companion version designed to assist nurses in providing drug information and nursing implications for patients in hospitals, clinics, and all community settings. The online version provides access to many more resources: All monographs from the book, including prototypes and newly approved drugs Printing capability for use in patient teaching or for quick reference Calculators to help nurses do conversions or calculate dosages and IV drip rates Audio pronunciation of prototype drug names A link to download trial versions of this drug guide and other references for mobile devices Access to drug updates, links to drug-related sites, drug-related tools Medication administration techniques Drug classifications Principles of pharmacology Common herbal remedies List of look-alike, sound-alike drugs

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, Seventeenth Edition delivers all the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs