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Aimed at nurses, this guide contains drug monographs in 50 therapeutic classes, as well as information on safe medication use, evidence-based practice, medication errors, detecting and managing adverse reactions, risk evaluation and mitigation systems, and natural and herbal products. Each monograph has information on high alert status, generic/brand name, classification, controlled substance schedule, pregnancy category, indications, action, pharmacokinetics, time/action profile, contraindications and precautions, adverse reactions and side effects, interactions, route and dosage, availability, and nursing implications. This edition adds information on medication safety tools and more information on dosing considerations for children, the elderly, and pregnant and breastfeeding women. It also includes information for Canadian students and nurses that compares Canadian and US pharmaceutical practices, more Canada-only combination drugs, and additional Canadian brand names, and adds pharmacogenomic information. Online access to various resources is provided. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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SAFETY FIRST! Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, Fourteenth Edition delivers all of the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs. BONUS! FREE DIGITAL ACCESS One-year subscription to DrugGuide.com, Davis’s Drug Guide Online, powered by Unbound Medicine. You’ll have access to over 1,100 monographs from your desktop, laptop, or any mobile device with a web browser. LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE…AT A GLANCE Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage Red, CAPITALIZED letters for life-threatening side effects Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation cautions IV Administration subheads REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon Pharmacogenomic content Canadian-specific content Much more! LEARNING, CARE PLANNING, AND PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS Online at DavisPlus NEW! Student resources online at DavisPlus. (Redeem the Plus Code on the inside front cover of a new, printed text to access your DavisPlus resources.) Student Resources More than 1,100 Nurse’s Med Deck-style, printable drug monographs for care planning and patient education Audio library for 1,200+ drug names Self-test tutorials Calculators for body mass index (BMI), metric conversions, IV drip rates, dosage/kg, and Fahrenheit/Celsius Interactive case studies Additional Resources Interactive flash cards Audio podcasts Video clips Animations Schematic brain illustrations Much more!
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