The 35th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and thousands of brand-name drugs. Monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use and focus on the 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.
Also includes chapters on general drug information (pharmacology/pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacogenomics, safe drug administration, therapeutic classifications) and numerous appendices. Text is complemented by free Toolkit containing hundreds of online resources.
You can also count on Nursing2015 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 … • 24 NEW FDA-approved drugs • NEW! Safety information: Preventing and treating extravasation, Preventing exposure to hazardous drugs • NEW! Indication & Dosage Appendices--Nutritional supplements, Antacids, Laxatives • NEW coverage of pharmacogenomics.
With the safeguards you’ll find only in the Nursing2015 Drug Handbook, it’s easier than ever to stay current on the 2,821 latest changes to drug information and to avoid even the most common medication errors: • Adjust-a-dose feature for dosage adjustments needed by special populations • Administration guidelines for all appropriate routes • Expanded full-color pill guide containing more drug images than in any previous edition! • Increased coverage of adverse reactions! Includes those that occur with 1% & greater frequency, with special emphasis on life-threatening adverse reactions • Chapters on drug classes, drug safety, drug interactions, and drug therapy across the lifespan • Combination drug section • Elder care medication tips and pediatric drug-error information in appendices • Evidence-based off-label indications and dosages • FDA Black Box Warnings in appropriate drug monographs • Interactions by Drug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-lab tests, Drug-alternative therapy clearly identified • Less Commonly Used Drugs appendix provides essential information, including indications and dosages for very infrequently used drugs • Overdose signs & symptoms, where appropriate • Robust Web Toolkit with hundreds of tools and resources, including monthly drug updates, warnings, and news capsules • Safe Drug Administration chapter focuses on the most current guidelines, ISMP initiatives, and contemporary patient safety issues (such as REMS), preventing and treating extravasation, and preventing exposure to hazardous drugs • Safety alert icon for potentially toxic drugs, I.V. drug incompatibility, dialyzable drugs, toxic drug-drug interactions, and much more.
This publication is included on the ANCC: American Nurses Credentialing Center’s reference list.

Anatomy of a monograph inside front cover

Contributors and consultants iv

How to use Nursing2015 Drug Handbook® v

Quick guide to special symbols, logos, and highlighted terms ix

Guide to abbreviations x

General information

1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions 1

2. Drug therapy across the lifespan 6

3. Safe drug administration 14

4. Selected therapeutic drug classifications 23

Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name 65

Appendices 1486

1. Avoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention 1486

2. Pregnancy risk categories 1489

3. Controlled substance schedules 1489

4. Abbreviations to avoid 1490

5. Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors 1491

6. Elder care medication tips 1494

7. Drugs that prolong the QTc interval 1495

8. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines 1496

9. Cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drug interactions 1504

10. Dialyzable drugs 1506

11. Drugs that shouldn't be crushed or chewed 1509

12. Antidotes: Indications and dosages 1511

13. Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: Indications and dosages 1516

14. Common combination drugs: Indications and dosages 1522

15. Vaccines and toxoids: Indications and dosages 1538

16. Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages 1547

17. Nutritional supplements: Indications and dosages 1554

18. Antacids: Indications and dosages 1557

19. Laxatives: Indications and dosages 1558

20. Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages 1562

21. Additional new drugs: Indications and dosages 1586

Index 1591

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