Key features

• •Coverage of more than 5,000 generic and trade-name drugs provides information for almost every drug you’re likely to encounter in clinicals.
• •Black Box Warnings provide alerts to FDA warnings of dangerous or life-threatening drug reactions.
• •Safety Alert icon highlights the most critical drug interactions and side effects.
• •Common and life-threatening side effects are organized by body system, showing signs to watch for during assessments.
• •IV drug administration coverage in bold highlight dosage and IV administration instructions, including safety considerations and Y-site, syringe, and additive compatibilities.
• •Alphabetical organization by generic name provides quick and easy access to specific drugs, and a full-color design highlights important information.
• •Nursing Process steps are used as the framework for organizing all nursing care information.
• •Cross-references indicate drug information that may be found in the appendices.
• •Complete pharmacokinetic information includes the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as its action, duration, and excretion.
• •NEW! 15 added monographs provide up-to-date content on newly released, FDA-approved drugs and drug therapies.
• •NEW! BEERS indications included for selected monographs.
• •NEW! Drugs with genetic indications identifiable by easy to spot icon.