With important details on thousands of medications, Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook is a reliable, easy-to-use source of current drug information designed to guide you through clinical priorities in the practice setting-helping you provide better patient care.
• Provides essential information for thousands of medications in a user-friendly, A-to-Z format
• Features 20 new drugs recently approved by the FDA
• Offers the most comprehensive IV content of any comparable guide, including a foldout IV Compatibility Chart, rates of infusion, reconstitutions, drip rates, test doses, and flushing
• Identifies fixed combinations within the monographs
• Promotes patient safety with 283 enhanced Black Box Alerts that highlight drugs carrying significant risk of serious or even life-threatening adverse effects
• UNIQUE! Includes comprehensive information on side effects broken down by ftiequent, occasional, and rare, as well as adverse effects/toxic reactions
UNIQUE! Covers lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations for pregnant/lactating, pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, and immune- and renal-compromised patients
• UNIQUE! Provides detailed information on common herbs, including interactions with drugs, herbs, and foods in a handy Herbal Therapies and Interactions appendix