Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses

by April Hazard Vallerand PhD, RN, FAAN, Cynthia A. Sanoski BS, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP

Overview

"Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses provides comprehensive, up-to-date drug information in well-organized, nursing-focused monographs. It also includes extensive supplemental material in 16 appendices, thoroughly addresses the issue of safe medication administration, and educates the reader about 50 different therapeutic classes of drugs. In this 17th edition, we have continued the tradition of focusing on safe medication administration by including Medication Safety Tools and even more information about health care's most vulnerable patients: children, the elderly, pregnant women, and breast feeding mothers. Look for more Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation headings throughout the monographs"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781719646406
Publisher:	F.A. Davis Company
Publication date:	05/18/2022
Edition description:	Eighteenth Edition
Pages:	1504
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Director, PhD Program, Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Professor, Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan

Department Chair and Associate Professor Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson School of Pharmacy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

How to Use Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses 1

Evidence-Based Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics: Implications for Nurses 6

Pharmacogenomics 9

Medication Errors: Improving Practices and Patient Safety 12

Detecting and Managing Adverse Drug Reactions 19

Overview of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems (REMS) 23

Special Dosing Considerations 24

The Pediatric Patient 24

The Older Adult Patient 24

The Patient of Reproductive Age 25

Renal Impairment 25

Hepatic Impairment 25

Heart Failure 25

Body Size 26

Drug Interactions 26

The Cytochrome P450 System: What Is It and Why Should I Care? 28

Educating Patients about Safe Medication Use 31

Classifications 33

Anti-Alzheimer's agents 33

Antianemics 33

Antianginals 34

Antianxiety agents 35

Antiarrhythmics 36

Antiasthmatics 37

Anticholinergics 39

Anticoagulants 40

Anticonvulsants 41

Antidepressants 42

Antidiabetics 44

Antidiarrheais 46

Antiemetics 47

Antifungals 48

Antihistamines 49

Antihypertensives 50

Anti-infectives 51

Antineoplastics 52

Antiparkinson agents 54

Antiplatelet agents 56

Antipsychotics 56

Antipyretics 58

Antiretrovirals 59

Antirheumatics 60

Antituberculars 61

Antiulcer agents 62

Antivirals 64

Beta blockers 65

Bone resorption inhibitors 66

Bronchodilators 67

Calcium channel blockers 68

Central nervous system stimulants 70

Corticosteroids 71

Diuretics 73

Hormones 74

Immunosuppressants 75

Laxatives 76

Lipid-lowering agents 77

Minerals/electrolytes/pH modifiers 78

Natural/Herbal Products 79

Nonopioid analgesics 79

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents 81

Opioid analgesics 82

Sedative/hypnotics 83

Skeletal muscle relaxants 85

Thrombolytics 86

Vaccines/immunizing agents 87

Vascular headache suppressants 88

Vitamins 89

Weight control agents 90

Drug Monographs in Alphabetical Order by Generic Name 91-1328

Drugs Approved in Canada 1329

Natural/Herbal Products 1355

Medication Safety Tools 1379

Appendices 1397

Appendix A Recent Drug Approvals 1399

Appendix B Ophthalmic Medications 1409

Appendix C Medication Administration Techniques 1417

Appendix D Administering Medications to Children 1420

Appendix E Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses 1421

Appendix F Pediatric Dosage Calculations 1423

Appendix G Normal Values of Common Laboratory Tests 1424

Appendix H Controlled Substance Schedules 1426

Appendix I Equianalgesic Dosing Guidelines 1429

Appendix J Food Sources for Specific Nutrients 1432

Appendix K Insulins and Insulin Therapy 1434

Appendix L Differences in U.S. and Candian Pharmaceutical Practices 1436

Appendix M Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations 1438

Appendix N Combination Drugs fadavis.com

Bibliography 1446

Comprehensive Generic/Trade/Classifications Index 1447