Key features

• •Content on more than 5,000 generic and brand-name drugs covers almost every drug you will encounter in clinicals.
• •A Black Box Warning feature alerts you to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactions.
• •A Safety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side effects that you must be aware of during clinicals.
• •Bold heading and details on IV drug administration so students can easily find appropriate dosage and IV instructions to help them administer these drugs safely.
• •Side effects information is logically organized by body system and identified as common or life threatening, alerting students to the signs to watch for during assessments.
• •Nursing Process Framework organizes all nursing care steps so students learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into their clinical experiences.
• •Cross-reference headers in the book listings and in the appendicies make it easier to find the drug content quickly and less likely that students will think a drug is missing if it’s not first found in the book.
• •Complete pharmacokinetic tables explain the mechanism and absorption of the drug, as well as the action, duration, and excretion of the drug.
• •NEW! Approximately 25 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs give you the intricate details you need both in the classroom and clinicals. Each monograph includes new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information ― so you’ll feel confident in the accuracy of the information and in preventing medication dispensing errors.
• •NEW! Up-to-date content on drug therapies provides you with instant access to the latest information.