Nursing 2018 Drug Handbook

38th Ed. — Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2017. — 1800 p. — (Nursing Drug Handbook). — ISBN10: 1496353595, ISBN13: 978-1496353597.Fully updated with more than 4,300 clinical changes to nearly 3,500 generic, brand, and combination drugs
"New Drugs" section featuring nearly 29 new FDA-approved generics and their corresponding brand-name drugs
New information on the National Cancer Institute's "Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events" classification system
New appendices: Understanding biosimilar drugs: Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know, Prescription drug abuse: Identifying and treating toxicity, Pregnancy-Lactation-Reproduction information highlighted in every monograph
Easy-to-spot safety and clinical alerts: Black Box Warnings, Adjust-a-dose, Dialyzable drug, Overdose Signs & Symptoms, Look alike-Sound alike Drugs, IV Incompatibilities
Nursing Considerations and Patient Teaching sections detailing the essential facts nurses need to know
32-page Photoguide featuring over 450 of the most commonly prescribed tablets and capsules
Free access to Monthly Drug Updates and an Online Toolkit with hundreds of helpful tools and resources
General information
Drug actions, interactions, and reactions
Drug therapy across the lifespan
Safe drug administration
Selected therapeutic drug classifications
Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name
New DrugsAvoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention
Pregnancy risk categories: The FDA's Final Rule
Controlled substance schedules
Abbreviations to avoid (The Joint Commission)
Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors
Elder care medication tips
Prescription drug abuse: Identifying and treating toxicity
Understanding biosimilar drugs
Nursing process: Patient safety during drug therapy
Serotonin syndrome: What you should know to protect your patients
Tumor lysis syndrome: A life-threatening emergency
Antidiarrheals: Indications and dosages
Antidotes: Indications and dosages
Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: Indications and dosages
Common combination drugs: Indications and dosages
Vaccines and toxoids: Indications and dosages
Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages
Antacids: Indications and dosages
1Laxatives: Indications and dosages
Additional OTC drugs: Indications and dosages
Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations (ISMP Canada)
Decision tree: Deciding about medication administration
Canadian National Drug Schedules
Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know
Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines
Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages
Additional new drugs: Indications and dosages.