Nursing Drug Handbook 2011 (Nursing Drug Handbook with Online Toolkit)

The Thirty-First Edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been updated and revised to appeal to both student and practicing nurses. Organized by therapeutic class, Nursing 2011 Drug Handbook provides quick access to current, comprehensive, accurate information on over 900 generic and 3,000 brand-name drugs. This edition includes approximately 20 newly approved drugs, "tall man letting" in appropriate drug names, overdose signs and symptoms where appropriate, and an appendix on capsules that should not be opened. The companion Online Toolkit has been expanded to provide more convenient features for both practicing nurses and students, including nursing process information for each drug monograph, the latest FDA warnings, new drug and herb updates, medication administration and safety videos, dosage calculators, patient teaching aids, mechanisms and sites of action of selected drugs, pharmacology animations, English-Spanish audio terms and phrases, audio generic drug pronunciations, medication administration procedures, NCLEX-style questions, CE activity, and handy reference charts.