Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses by April Hazard Vallerand
SAFETY FIRST WITH ‘CURE & CARE’! Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, Eighteenth Edition delivers everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan— well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. Its nursing-focused ‘Cure & Care’ ‘Cure’ approach makes it the ideal resource for both student and practicing nurses by delivering exactly what they need to know to provide the very best care for their patients. ‘Cure’ explains what the drug does, while ‘Care’ describes what the nurse does and how the nursing process relates to the pharmacotherapeutics. FREE DIGITAL ACCESS An access code inside new, printed texts unlocks your one-year, FREE subscription to DrugGuide.com, Davis’s Drug Guide Online, powered by Unbound Medicine. You’ll have information on more than 5,000 trade names and generic drugs at your fingertips, as well as audio pronunciations and color photographs, all updated regularly. Search the complete database and appendices quickly and efficiently. Build your knowledge with extensively cross-referenced drugs. Listen to audio pronunciations and view color photographs of drugs. Stay current with content updates and with FDA drug news. LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE AT A GLANCE #1 Drug Guide for patient safety Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alerts and patient safety coverage Red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions Special considerations for patient populations Geri heading identifies special concerns for older adults, including the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. OB and Lact headings highlight information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients. Pedi heading identifies concerns for children. Rep heading identifies considerations for patients of reproductive age. IV Administration subheads Pharmacogenomic content Canadian-specific content identified with maple leaf icon Patient and family teaching guidance FREE ONLINE LEARNING, CARE PLANNING, AND PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS Audio Library of 1,200+ drug names help you pronounce important terms Tutorials with self-tests, Preventing Medication Errors and Psychotropic Drugs Calculators for body mass index (BMI), metric conversions, IV drip rates, dosage/KG and Fahrenheit/Celsius. Interactive Case Studies, brief, real-life scenarios, each followed by a series of questions Audio podcasts on…Risk Evaluation Mitigation Systems (REMS), How to Use Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, Detecting and Managing ADRs, Evidence-based Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacogenomics, Medication Errors, Special Dosing Considerations, Educating Patients about Safe Medication Use Video clips illustrating the safe administration of medications| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781719646406 |
| ISBN 10 | 1719646406 |
| Title | Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses |
| Author | April Hazard Vallerand |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | F.A. Davis Company |
| Year published | 2022-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 1504 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |