Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses

This title provides more emphasis on safe nursing practice! It is more organized and readable!"Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses, Eleventh Edition" delivers easy-to-read, well-organized monographs on hundreds of generic and thousands of trade name drugs. With a focus on nursing practice and usability, it's the one drug guide that provides comprehensive coverage of all populations across the entire lifespan, and all of the guidance needed to administer medications competently and safely."Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses, Eleventh Edition" continues to deliver all of the strengths that have made it the drug guide of choice - year after year.This title provides more emphasis on nursing practice. It uses all 5 steps of the nursing process. It includes The Joint Commission's guidelines on pain management. It covers vulnerable patient populations across the lifespan, highlighting obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric considerations, as well as considerations for lactating mothers - in each monograph where appropriate. It provides extensive coverage of IV administration with specific information on: dilution, concentration, and rate; clinical precautions; direct IV administration; intermittent or continuous infusions; lifespan considerations; and, IV compatibilities and incompatibilities.This title provides more focus on safety. It provides more high-alert coverage and patient safety information than any other drug guide! It identifies: life-threatening side effects; most frequently encountered problems; and, 'do not confuse with' and 'do not crush, break, or chew' medications. It shows how to avoid common errors, where appropriate. It covers drug-drug, drug-natural and drug-food interactions. It explains how to administer medication safely by all routes, with information on: preparation and mixture of oral meds; methods for parenteral administration, toxicity and signs of overdose; and, dosing considerations for patients with renal or hepatic impairment.