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2012 Nurse's Drug Handbook, Eleventh Edition

Author(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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  • ISBN-13: 9781449638641
  • Paperback    1276 pages      © 2012
Price: International Sales $45.95 US List
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Overview

A new and updated version of this best-selling resource!

Jones and Bartlett Learning 2012 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference.

Updated annually, it provides:

  • Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abacavir sulfate to Zyvox
  • Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically
  • No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday
  • Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names for quick reference
  • Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule
  •  Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information
  • Incompatibilities, contraindications; interactions with drugs, food, and activities; and adverse reactions
  • Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points
  • Vital features include mechanism-of-action illustrations showing how drugs at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels and dosage adjustments help individualize care for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs
  • Warnings and precautions that keep you informed and alert

New drug entries include:

  • Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex
  • Ceftaroline
  • Dabigatran
  • Deferoxamine
  • Denosumab
  • Everolimus
  • Ferumoxytol
  • Fingolimod
  • Ibandronate
  • Lurasidone Dydrochloride
  • Pegloticase
  • Tesamorelin

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ShowTable of Contents

    Advisors, Reviewers, and Clinical Consultants
    Foreword
    Overview of Pharmacology
    Principles of Drug Administration
    Drug Therapy and the Nursing Process
    Individual drugs (organized alphabetically)
    A
     B
     C
     D
     E-F
    G-H-I
     J-K-L
     M
    N-O
     P
     Q-R-S
     T
    U-V-W
    X-Y-Z
    Appendices  
    Insulin Preparations
    Selected Ophthalmic Drugs
    Antihistamines
    Selected Topical Drugs
     Selected Antivirals
    Selected Antineoplastic Drugs
    Selected Antihypertensive Combinations
    Vitamins
     Interferons
    Compatible Drugs in a Syringe
    Drug Formulas and Calculations
    Weights and Equivalents
    Equianalgesic Doses for Opioid Agonists
     Abbreviations
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Jones & Bartlett Learning

Founded in 1983, Jones & Bartlett Learning (previously Jones and Bartlett Publishers) is a world-leading provider of instructional, assessment and learning-performance management solutions for the post-secondary, career and professional markets. We endeavor to develop educational programs and services that improve learning outcomes and enhance student achievement across a broad spectrum of academic, career and professional fields. Our products and services uniquely combine authoritative content from academia and industry thought-leaders with innovative, proven and engaging technology applications that enable anytime, anywhere learning—revolutionizing how instructors teach, professionals train, and students learn.

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ShowAppropriate Courses

This text is ideal for nursing students enrolled in advanced BSN courses or RN-to-BSN programs. It can also be used as a reference guide for practicing nurses.

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