Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2006 / Edition 7

by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Overview

Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2006 provides comprehensive, easy-to-access information on 731 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs, including 20 recently-approved drugs. This edition lists common drug-herb interactions and adverse reactions that may be misinterpreted as age-related changes. Other features include a full-color photoguide to over 400 tablets and capsules; coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted; nursing process sections in every drug entry; chapters on dosage calculation, drug administration, and preventing medication errors; and updates on eDrugInfo.com.

The book includes a free mini-CD containing an NCLEX®-style pharmacology self-test with new alternate-format questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582554372
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date:	06/01/2005
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	1472
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

How to use Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2006

Guide to abbreviations

Drug therapy and the nursing process

Essentials of dosage calculations

Drug administration techniques

Medication errors

Drug classification section

A-to-Z drug monographs

4/c Guide to tablets and capsules

Herbal medicines

Adverse reactions that may be misinterpreted as age-related changes

Most common drug-herb interactions

PQRST pain assessment

Pregnancy risk categories

Controlled substance schedules

Look alike and sound-alike drugs

Dialyzable drugs

Selected opioid analgesic combination products

Normal laboratory test values

Table of equivalents

Drugs that shouldn't be crushed

Acknowledgments

Index