Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses » (11st Edition)

April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan
Judith Hopfer Deglin, PharmD, Consultant Pharmacist, United Community and Family Services, Norwich, Connecticut; formerly University of Connecticut, Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing, Storrs, Connecticut

One of the bestselling nursing drug guides, with 1,500 drugs organized by generic name. Color images of drugs, lifespan dosing, available drug forms, and expanded IV information are new features.

Robin Y. Wood

This is the fifth edition of a drug reference for nurses describing over 1500 prescription and nonprescription drugs classified into 51 categories. Drugs are alphabetically arranged by generic name with quick-reference A-Z tabs and a detailed cross-referenced index of names. The book includes more than 80 new drugs, many recently approved by the FDA. Two new anticonvulsants, two new antidepressants, and several new antiretroviral agents are described. The purpose is to provide a current, comprehensive, and convenient drug resource for nurses to assure safe and effective administration of medications. Drug information highlights the indications, action and pharmacokinetics, contraindications and precautions, side effects, interactions, route and dosage, time/action profile, and warnings for each drug. Nursing implications offered for each drug include assessment, laboratory test considerations, potential nursing diagnoses, implementation, patient/family teaching instructions, and guidelines for evaluation. This information is essential for safe, informed patient care by nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in every healthcare setting. This type of reference is required wherever nurses give medications. Full color pictures clearly display 430 most commonly prescribed drugs. Special dosing considerations are given for pediatric, geriatric, and obstetric patients and patients with renal/liver or congestive heart failure. Issues of compatibility among drugs in syringes, IV tubing, and solutions are addressed. Appendixes contain useful tables for calculating infusion rates and dosages, commonly used combination drugs, administration techniques, routine immunizations, andrecent drug release updates. This drug reference is accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive, and convenient. It should be owned by all nurses and nursing students, available in all nursing libraries, and handy for quick reference in all healthcare settings where drugs are administered.

HOW TO USE DAVIS'S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES         xvii

SPECIAL DOSING CONSIDERATIONS      xxi

The Pediatric Patient	xxi
The Geriatric Patient	xxi
The Obstetric Patient	xxii
Renal Disease	xxii
Liver Disease	xxiii
Congestive Heart Failure	xxiii
Body Size	xxiii
Delivery to Sites of Action	xxiv
Drug Interactions	xxiv
Dosage Forms	xxiv
Environmental Factors	xxv
Nutritional Factors	xxv
Summary	xxv

MEDICATION MISADVENTURES: THE NURSE'S ROLE IN DETECTING, PREVENTING, AND DOCUMENTING ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AND MEDICATION ERRORS         xxxi

CLASSIFICATIONS         C1 -- C74

DRUG MONOGRAPHS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY GENERIC NAME           1 -- 1056

APPENDICES

Appendix A.	Commonly Used Combination Drugs	1059
Appendix B.	Equianalgesic Tables	1078
Appendix C.	Schedules of Controlled Substances	1082
Appendix D.	Infusion Rate Tables	1084
Appendix E.	Food and Drug Administration Pregnancy Categories	1090
Appendix F.	Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses	1091
Appendix G.	Body Surface Area Nomograms	1094
Appendix H.	Administration Techniques	1096
Appendix I.	Recommendations for the Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs	1099
Appendix J.	Normal Values of Common Laboratory Tests	1103
Appendix K.	Dietary Guidelines for Food Sources	1105
Appendix L.	Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)	1107
Appendix M.	Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations	1109
Appendix N.	Endocarditis Prophylaxis Guidelines	1112
Appendix O.	Ophthalmic Medications	1114
Appendix P.	Recent Drug Release Update	1124
Appendix Q.	Infrequently Used Drugs	1129
Appendix R.	Sample FDA Medication Error and Adverse Reaction Reporting	1145
Appendix S.	NANDA Nursing Diagnoses from the 12th Conference	1149
BIBLIOGRAPHY.		1151

COMPREHENSIVE GENERIC/TRADE/CLASSIFICATIONS INDEX                               1152