Product Overview
A comprehensive, up-to-datedrug guide for nursing students and practicing nurses, Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. The book providescomplete monographs for 725 common drugs, includinggeneric and trade names, pronunciations, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (if appropriate), drug classes, therapeutic actions, indications, contraindications and cautions, available forms, dosages, pharmacokinetics, IV facts (if appropriate), adverse effects, interactions, andnursing considerationsorganized by nursing process steps(assessment, interventions,and teaching points).
The Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide is the only drug book that includes a DO NOT CRUSH logo so nurses can quickly identify medications that should not be crushed - a key patient safety feature.
More than 20appendices cover a wealth of additional information, fromkeyfacts on more than 200 less commonly used drugs toalternative and complementary therapies, pediatric dosages, federal drug classifications, normal lab values, topical and ophthalmic drugs, combination products, CYP450 metabolized drugs, andmore.The book also includes a 32-page full-color photoguide to pills and capsulesanda detailed indexfor quickretrieval of needed information.
The electronic ancillary, called the Web Toolkit,contains the latest FDA updates on new drugs, indications, and warnings; videos on safe drug administration; an audio pronunciatiion guide; an English-Spanish translator; mechanisms and sites of action graphics for selected drugs; updated NCLEX-style questions; a free CE test;bonus discounts; and more.
