Prentice Hall Nursing Drug Guide 2001 - Softcover

Wilson, Billie A.; Shannon, Margaret T.; Stang Pharm.D., Carolyn L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130282928 ISBN 13: 9780130282927

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

A standard resource for nurses, this unique book provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. An easy-to-use dosage information disk is included to provide nurses with monographs of the most commonly prescribed and dispensed drugs and prototype drugs.

About this title

About the Author

BILLIE ANN WILSON is currently Professor and Director of the Department of Nursing at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to entering nursing, she taught natural and physical sciences at the secondary and collegiate levels. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Boston College, a Master of Science in Biology from Purdue University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, a Master of Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans.

MARGARET T. SHANNON is currently Professor and Dean of the Division of Nursing at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana. Her educational preparation includes a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Chemistry, both from Saint Louis University; a Master of Arts in Teaching Biology from Saint Mary's College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, a Master of Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans. Prior to entering nursing, she taught physical science, natural science, and mathematics at the secondary and collegiate levels.

CAROLYN L. STANG is currently a drug information specialist in Chicago, Illinois. She has worked in hospital and community pharmacies, home health care, and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Stang has been a freelance medical writer and an assistant professor at Rutgers University College of Pharmacy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and completed a fellowship in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

From the Back Cover

Nurses agree: this compact drug guide provides all the data you need for safe, effective drug administration!

Current-

• Contains thousands of druge―including those recently approved by the FDA.
• Provides afree Companion Website www.prenhall.com/drugguides that offers new drug updates, inks to drug manufacturers and the FDA, administration techniques, common herbal remedies, a review of pharmacology, and much more.
• Includes a free diskette with the most commonly prescribed drugs.

Comprehensive-

• Provides new pediatric and geriatric dosages where appropriate.
• Features new appendixes with new drugs & FDA warnings, ocular medications, low-molecular weight heparins, and nasal & oral corticosteroids.
• Presents unique appendixes with comprehensive fixed drug combinations and signs & symptoms glossary.

Accessible-

• Lists all drugs alphabetically by generic drug names, with an index that includes both generic and trade names.
• Highlights important IV dosage and administration information.
• Provides quick access to drug interactions, side effects, and patient & family teaching.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130282928
• ISBN 13: 9780130282927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1616