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McGraw-Hill Nurses Drug Handbook, Seventh Edition

7th Edition

0071799427 · 9780071799423

By Patricia Dwyer Schull

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Common abbreviations
Foreword
About the author
Advisors
Contributors and reviewers
Preface and user's guide
Part 1
- Drug monographs A to Z
- Safe drug administration
- Drug compatibilities
- Conversions and calculations
- Medication Reconciliation
- Guidelines for timely administration of scheduled drugs
- Drug names that look or sound alike
- Tall Man Letters
- Tablets and capsules not to crush
- Identifying injectin sites
- Monitoring blood levels
- Effects of dialysis on drug therapy
- Anaphylaxis: Treatment guidelines
- Adult cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines
- Pediatric cardiac arrest: Treatment guidelines
- Acute coronary syndrome: Treatment guidelines
- Preventing and treating extravasation
- Guidelines for handling, preparing, and administering hazardous drugs
- Managing poisons and overdoses
- Part 2
  - Drug classes
  - Vitamins and minerals
  - Herbs and supplements
  - Part 3
    - Appendices
    - Appendix A: Common anesthetic drugs
    - Appendix B: Common combination drugs products
    - Appendix C: Adult immunization schedule by age group
    - Appendix D: Childhood immunization schedule by age group
    - Appendix E: Adolescent immunization schedule by age group
    - Appendix F: Normal laboratory values for blood tests
    - Appendix G: Drug infusion rates
    - Appendix H: Identifying life-threatening adverse reactions
    - Appendix I: Potentially inappropriate drugs for elderly patients
    - Appendix J: Hazardous drugs
    - Appendix K: Drugs that prolong the QT interval

The drug guide nurses count on to safely administer more than 4,000 drugs

McGraw-Hill Nurse’s Drug Handbook, Seventh Edition provides everything nurses must know to protect themselves and their patients when administering drugs. The Handbook delivers the evidence base needed to administer more than 3,000 brandname and 1,000 generic drugs--along with important administration and monitoring instructions. The drug monographs are designed for easy understanding and quick access to essential facts.

For the safest, most effective drug administration possible, you'll find:

Full monographs on 1,000+ drugs, including 29 new ones
NEW FDA black box warnings and adverse drug reactions
Special icons pointing out hazardous and high-alert drugs
Expanded 36-page safe drug administation insert
Guidance on drug interactions including foods,herbals, and behavior
NEW safety insert on sanctioned guidelines for timelyadministration of scheduled drugs and new appendixon current drug shortages

McGraw-Hill Nurses Drug Handbook, Seventh Edition

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