Description

The Jones & Bartlett Learning 2021 Nurse's Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference. Updated annually, it provides accurate and timely facts on hundreds of drugs from A-Z. Written in a straightforward style with approachable terminology, it offers concise and consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically. The 2021 Nurse's Drug Handbook includes: - Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names - Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category, and controlled substance schedule - Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information - Incompatibilities and contraindications - Interactions with drugs, food, and activities - Adverse reactions - Nursing considerations, including key teaching points for patients - Mechanism-of-action illustrations - Warnings and precautions - Updated appendices, including Uncommon Drugs - Bolded life-threatening Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)