The 29th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revamped expressly to appeal to the education market as well as the practice market. This comprehensive reference provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs. The monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use, and they focus on the practical information that practicing nurses need. Each monograph consists of generic and trade names, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms, indications and dosages (including dosage adjustments) administration for all routes (plus I.V. drug incompatibilities (for I.V. drugs), drug action (including tables showing route, onset, peak, and duration), adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications, nursing considerations, and patient teaching. A new chapter on drug classes is being added to the front of the book. The back-of-book CD is being ported to a Web toolkit with videos about medication administration, a color-photo pill guide, dosage calculators, interactions algorithms, and much more. NDHnow.com keeps the book up to date with partial monographs for new drugs.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
very useful in my occupation:
This book is very handy with the kind of job I do. Anytime you have a question on a medication this book is an awesome refrence. Came highly recommended by my nurse instructor and very highly by me as well.
great book:
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EXCELLENT DRUG INFORMATION:
VERY VALUABLE DRUG INFO NOT ONLY FOR ME AS A RN BUT FOR THE INTERESTED PUBLIC ABOUT OLD AND NEW MEDICATIONS.
Nursing 2009 Drug Handbook:
Well trusted product...have used these drug references over 18years and finally decided I'll never win the free book, don't want to pay the $52 the company wants with shipping and handling, so Amazon is a winner! Book is new condition, like I'd expect from the company.
