The Nurse's Drug Handbook
5th Edition
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Hardback
1216 pages
978-0-471-50048-3 (ISBN)
Description
This best-selling drug handbook for nurses and nursing students, now in its fifth edition, provides current, comprehensive information on nearly 1,000 pharmacological agents, organized by classification. The emphasis is on nursing implications and patient teaching.
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Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Adult education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 61 mm
Width: 33 mm
Weight
1502 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-50048-3 (9780471500483)
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Content
How to use this handbook; drug interactions - general considerations and nursing implications; nursing implications for drug therapy; nursing implications for the administration of medication by different routes; nursing process for teaching and promoting compliance with medication regimen; anti-infectives: antibiotics; antifungal agents; antitubercular agents; antimalarials; amebicides and trichomonacides; urinary germicides/analgesics; antiviral drugs; antineoplastic agents; drugs affecting blood formation and coagulation; antianemic drugs; anticoagulants and hemostatics; thrombolytic agents; cardiovascular drugs; cardia glycosides; coronary vasodilators; pheripheral vasodilators; hyposcholesterolemic and antilipemic agents; drugs affecting the general nervous system; barbituates; antianxiety agents; antipsychotic agents; antidepressants; narcotic analgesics and antagonists; local and general anaesthetics; drugs affecting the automatic nervous system; sympathomime