Prentice Hall's Nurse's Drug Guide 2004 (NURSING DRUG GUIDE) - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131129686 ISBN 13: 9780131129689

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

For courses in Pharmacology, Fundamentals of Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing and Maternal Child Nursing.

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 Health Sciences 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 Health Sciences 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 Vice President for Clinical Program Development at Caremark Inc. 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 Ohio State University and a Doctor of 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 in any setting! Current―

• Contains thousands of drugs―including 36 recently approved by the FDA.
• Includes updated information on IV drug dosages, preparation, and administration.
• Free Companion Website www.prenhall.com/drugguides offers new drug updates, links to drug-related websites, illustrated medication administration techniques, common herbal remedies, PDA downloads, and more.

Comprehensive―

• Highlights prototype drugs for each drug classification in both a comprehensive list and in the monographs.
• Provides unique appendices, such as combination drugs, signs & symptoms glossary, and information on ocular medications, low molecularweight heparins, and nasal & oral corticosteroids.
• Includes Clinical Implications with administration, assessment & drug effects, and patient & family teaching.

Accessible―

• Lists all drugs alphabetically by generic drug names, with a comprehensive index that identifies generic, trade, combination, and prototype drugs.
• Offers quick access to drug & food interactions, adverse side effects, and contraindications & precautions for every drug.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131129686
• ISBN 13: 9780131129689
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1824