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Nursing2009 Student Drug Handbookprovides comprehensive, student-focused information on over 750 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, including recently-approved drugs and indications. In order to reinforce students' learning, each entry is organized by the nursing process, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning and implementation, patient teaching, and evaluation.The book has High Alert logos, New Drug logos, and New Indication logos, and rapid-onset interactions are highlighted for safety. Other features include a 16-page full-color photoguide to over 200 tablets and capsules; coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted; nursing process sections in every drug entry; and I.V. administration sections with incompatibilities.A companion Website includes over 300 NCLEX-style questions, including alternate-format questions.

How to use Nursing 2009 Student Drug Handbook
Guide to abbreviations
Drug therapy and the nursing process	p. 1
Essentials of dosage calculations	p. 3
Drug administration routes	p. 14
Drug administration safety	p. 31
Drug classifications	p. 33
Alphabetical listing of drugs	p. 89
Photoguide to tablets and capsules after	p. 820
Herbal medicines	p. 1329
Appendices and index	p. 1343
Glossary	p. 1345
Preventing miscommunication	p. 1348
Pregnancy risk categories	p. 1350
Controlled substance schedules	p. 1350
Combination drug products	p. 1351
Toxic drug-drug interactions	p. 1366
Dialyzable drugs	p. 1372
Herb-drug interactions	p. 1377
Dietary teaching for drug therapy	p. 1384
Table of equivalents and conversions	p. 1387
Adverse reactions misinterpreted as age-related changes	p. 1388
Drugs that shouldn't be crushed or chewed	p. 1390
Normal laboratory test values	p. 1393
English-to-Spanish drug phrase translator	p. 1395
Acknowledgments	p. 1403
Index	p. 1405
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Nursing2009 Student Drug Handbook

Nursing2009 Student Drug Handbook

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