This portable, up-to-date drug handbook provides information on more than 60 drug classifications and 4,000 individual generic and trade name drugs. Extensively revised and expanded, it offers more than 2,000 new drug facts and approximately 30 monographs for newly approved drugs. In-depth coverage includes IV drug content with compatibilities and incompatibilities; extensive coverage of interactions; a full-color atlas of drug administration; a full-color drug identification guide; and a drug classification section covering entire groups of drugs by function.Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name to allow fast retrieval of essential information.Features a colorful, functional, and user-friendly design that includes colored monograph headings; screened index pages to facilitate easy location of information, and icons for key drugs, therapeutic outcome, IV administration, lifespan content, nursing alerts, Do Not Crush precautions, herbal interactions, and nursing diagnoses.Provides a biannual update on newly released drugs, in a booklet form that can be pasted into the inside back cover.Designates generic drugs as prescription or over-the-counter for immediate identification of drug status.Highlights key drugs with a special icon, both on the individual monograph and in the drug classification section, to help focus on important drugs within drug classifications.Provides a separate monograph heading for therapeutic outcome, highlighted with an icon, to encourage critical thinking and provide a focus for the plan of care.Includes eye-catching special icons for pediatric and geriatric considerations to highlight important lifespan content.Highlights critical nursing considerations with more than 110 special Nursing Alert icons to identify situations that potentially could cause harm to the patient.Features more than 60 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may not be administered in crushed formHighlights common side effects and life-threatening adverse reactions in a different typeface for immediate recognition in emergency situations.Lists side effects by body system and in order of frequency for easy identification.Includes extensive interactions information when appropriate for drug-to-drug, drug-to-drug category, drug-to-food, drug-to-herb, and lab test interferences.Highlights incompatibility information for site- and solution-specific incompatibilities.Provides pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in chart form where appropriate for easy access to information.Provides both drug-to-drug and drug-to-solution compatibility charts for easy access.Includes several detailed multi-product monographs that group all chemically similar forms of insulin, cephalosporin (1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-generation), and penicillin together into single monographs, with cross-references to the individual forms of these drugs inserted alphabetically throughout the monographs in easy-to-find colored monograph header blocks.Combines ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products into a single easy-to-read appendix.Features a drug category section with nursing diagnoses, generic drugs, and highlighted key drugs in each category.Provides a full-color atlas of medication administration to clearly illustrate and visually reinforce key steps in drug administration for various routes.Features hundreds of potential interactions between drugs and herbal products with an eye-catching icon.Includes Universal Precautions box at beginning of color atlas to reinforce both patient's and nurse's safety in drug administration.Provides both a general index and a disorders index for easy application within integrated pharmacology courses.Includes appendixes on controlled substances, FDA pregnancy categories, nomogram for calculating body surface area, and commonly used abbreviations for quick clinical reference.Features appendix of Combination Products that provides a listing of product names, generic ingredients, and component dosages for more than 500 combination products.Features a flexible, water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical setting.Contains an expanded appendix of Rarely Used Drugs that provides summaries of numerous products and helps distinguish these products from more commonly administered drugs. Read Less