A comprehensive, up-to-date drug guide for nursing students and practicing nurses, Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. The book provides complete monographs for 725 common drugs, including generic 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, and nursing considerations organized 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 20 appendices cover a wealth of additional information, from key facts on more than 200 less commonly used drugs to alternative and complementary therapies, pediatric dosages, federal drug classifications, normal lab values, topical and ophthalmic drugs, combination products, CYP450 metabolized drugs, and more. The book also includes a 32-page full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and a detailed index for quick retrieval 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.

Consultants vii

Preface ix

Guide to abbreviations xiii

Author's acknowledgments xvii

Patient Safety and Medication Administration 1

Nursing Process Guidelines 9

Pharmacologic Classes 15

Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name 68

Appendices 1257

AppendixA Alternative and complementary therapies 1258

Appendix B Important dietary guidelines for patient teaching 1268

Appendix C Drugs that interact with grapefruit juice 1269

Appendix D Intramuscular and subcutaneous routes of administration 1270

Appendix E Calculating pediatric dosages 1272

Appendix F Federal drug classifications 1273

      FDA pregnancy categories 1273

      DEA schedules of controlled substances 1273

Appendix G Cardiovascular guidelines 1274

Appendix H Normal laboratory values 1275

Appendix I Canadian drug information 1277

      Narcotics, controlled drugs, benzodiazepines, and other targeted substances 1277

      Adverse reaction and medical device problem reporting 1279

Appendix J Commonly used Canadian drugs 1282

Appendix K Topical drugs 1285

Appendix I Ophthalmic drugs 1296

Appendix M Laxatives 1303

Appendix N Combination products by therapeutic class 1308

Appendix O Frequently used combination products by trade name 1340

Appendix P Hormonal contraceptives 1352

Appendix Q Commonly used biologies 1357

Appendix R Less commonly used drugs 1385

Appendix S Drugs commonly used to treat specific disorders 1445

Appendix T Quick guide to reputable Internet sites 1454

Appendix U CYP450 inducers/inhibitors 1455

Bibliography 1456

Index 1457

A quick-access full-color photoguide to pills and capsules is found between pages 750 and 751

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