Authors: Judith Hopfer Deglin, April H. Vallerand
ISBN-13: 9780803619128, ISBN-10: 080361912X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Date Published: June 2008
Edition: 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.
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.
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 |