Nursing 2013 drug handbook
Contributors: Wolters Kluwer Health
Edition: 33nd ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1556
ISBN-13: 9781451150230
Subjects: Pharmacologie; Nursing; Pharmacology; Drugs; Médicaments; Handbooks, manuals; Handbooks; Soins infirmiers; Guides, manuels; Drug Therapy
Other titles: Nursing two thousand thirteen drug handbook; Drug handbook; Nursing drug handbook
Description: New features include: generic drugs arranged A to Z; over 3,000 clinical updates, including dosages, warnings, new indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations; monographs featuring over 960 generic drugs, including 9 new FDA approvals; updated therapeutic classes throughout; prominently displayed safety information, including tall man letters, black box warnings, clinical alerts, I.V. administration guidelines, overdose signs and symptoms; 3 new safety-related appendices highlighting best practices to avoid drug errors, pediatric drugs involved in drug errors, and elder care medication tips; and expanded photoguide showing nearly 400 actual-size pills.
Notes: "#1 nursing drug guide"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How to use Nursing2012 Drug Handbook; title: Quick guide to special symbols, logos, and highlighted terms; title: Guide to abbreviations; title: General information; title: 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions; title: 2. Drug therapy across the lifespan; title: 3. Safe drug administration; title: 4. Selected drug classifications; title: Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name; title: Appendices; title: Pregnancy risk categories; title: Controlled substance schedules; title: Quick guide to combination drugs; title: Common combination drugs: indications and dosages; title: Vaccines and toxoids: indications and dosages; title: Vitamins and minerals: indications and dosages; title: Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines; title: Cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drug interactions; title: Drugs that prolong the QTc interval; title: Dialyzable drugs; title: Abbreviations to avoid; title: Herbal supplements; title: Drugs that shouldn't be crushed or chewed; title: Avoiding common drug errors: best practices and prevention; title: Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors; title: Elder care medication tips; title: Additional new drugs: indications and dosages.