Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2008 provides comprehensive, student-friendly information on over 750 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs, including nearly 20 recently-approved drugs and dozens of recently-approved indications. This edition highlights rapid-onset interactions and has more Alert logos to highlight potential drug errors. New appendices cover dietary teaching for drug therapy and avoiding miscommunication in drug orders. Other features include a full-color photoguide to over 200 tablets and capsules; coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted; nursing process sections in every drug entry; and updates on eDrugInfo.com. A free bound-in CD-ROM contains over 300 NCLEX®-style questions, including alternate-format questions.
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Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 127 mm
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978-1-58255-674-1 (9781582556741)
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Contributors and Consultants
Foreword by Samantha Venable, RN, MS, FNP
How to Use Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2008
Guide to Abbreviations
Drug Therapy and the Nursing Process
Essentials of Dosage Calculations
Drug Administration Routes
Drug Administration Safety
Drug Classifications
Alphabetical Listing of Drugs
Full-Color Photoguide to Tablets and Capsules
Herbal Medicines
Glossary
Preventing Miscommunication
Pregnancy Risk Categories
Controlled Substance Schedules
Toxic Drug-Drug Interactions
Combination Drugs Products
Dialyzable Drugs
Herb-Drug Interactions
Dietary Teaching for Drug Therapy
Table of Equivalents and Conversions
Adverse Reactions Misinterpreted as Age-Related Changes
Drugs That Shouldn't Be Crushed
Normal Laboratory Test Values
English-to-Spanish Drug Phrase Translator
Acknowledgments
Index Pharm Disk2008
Drug Updates on the Internet: eDrugInfo.com
