Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2008 (Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide) - Softcover

Springhouse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582556741 ISBN 13: 9781582556741

Publisher: Springhouse Publishing Co ,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

"The Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2008" provides comprehensive information on more than 750 commonly used generic drugs and more than 3,500 trade drugs in an easy-to-use format. The book contains chapters on drug therapy and the nursing process, essentials of dosage calculations, drug administration routes (illustrated), and drug administration safety. This student guide also has a section of monographs on common drug classes (with prototype drugs highlighted).Each entry covers generic and trade names, pronunciation guide, pharmacologic and therapeutic classes, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (where applicable), indications and dosages, contraindications and cautions, adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, pharmacokinetics (including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion), route-onset-peak-duration tables for quick reference, action, available forms, and nursing processes, broken down into assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning and implementation (includes patient teaching), and evaluation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springhouse Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582556741
• ISBN 13: 9781582556741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1472