Nursing 2013 Drug Handbook

Find any drug fact in 15 seconds or less-including 30 NEW drugs and important nursing considerations for every one. The Nursing2013 Drug Handbook  -- the 33rd edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses -- provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs. 

Now also available as an App! Get complete drug entries on your Apple or Android device with the Brand NEW NDH App.

The monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use, and they focus onthe practical information that nurses need.Each monograph consists of generic and trade names, pronunciation key, pregnancy risk category, pharmacologic class, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms,  indications and dosages, administration (with drug incompatibities for I.V. drugs), action (including tables showing route, onset, peak, duration, and half-life), adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications, nursing considerations, and patient teaching.

You can count onNursing2013 Drug Handbook to tell you unapproved, off-label drug uses so you'll always know why a drug is prescribed. And, this year, be a more confident nurse with fingertip access to …

 30 NEW drugshighlighted so you can't miss them

administration guidance for every appropriate route

 I.V. drug incompatibilityinformation

 effects on lab test resultsfor every drug

drug-drug, along with drug-food, drug-lifestyle, and drug-herbinteractionsfor expert monitoring, including rapid- and delayed-onset interactions

 dosage adjustment alertsfor your patient with such conditions as renal or hepatic disease and for special populations

every commonly prescribed drug.

 a full-color Photoguideto help you confidently identify 431 tablets and capsules

With the safeguards you'll find only in theNursing2013 Drug Handbookit's easier than ever to stay current on the 3,000 latest changes to drug information and to avoid even the most common medication errors:

Appendix on less commonly used drugs with indications and dosages

 NOW!A to Z format with alphabetical tabs for quick reference

 NOW!FDATALL MANlettering for look-alike drug names

 NOW!Overdose signs and symptoms for every drug

 NOW!Drugs that shouldn't be crushed or chewed

 NOW! Black Box Warningshighlight specific FDA-issued warnings

 NOW!Nursing guidance on multiple-drug regimens

 Pharmacologic and therapeutic class identificationfor every drug to help you better prepare for adverse effects

 Alertlogo for drugs that can causesignificant harm

 Look alike-sound alikelogo for addedsafety against errors

 Abbreviations to avoidto safeguard your patient and your nursing license

 Patient-teachinginstructions for every drug