Nursing Drug Guide 2007

Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, 2007 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide provides quick access to current, comprehensive, vital drug information. It contains over 800 complete drug monographs, organized alphabetically, plus a full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and 24 rapid-reference appendices appropriate for practicing nurses. This edition includes eleven new monographs on recently approved drugs. To ensure safe drug administration, more clinical alerts and "Warning" alerts with logos are included. New appendices cover dialyzable drugs and treatments for biological and chemical weapons exposure. A bound-in CD-ROM contains 200 drug monographs and patient-teaching aids. Updates and continuing education tests are on NursingDrugGuide.com. A PDA version of 2007 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide is also available.

This comprehensive guide provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. The fully revised 2005 edition includes the latest drugs approved by the FDA. This is the only drug guide to include Prototype Drugs for easier learning. Also included are Drug Interactions that include food and herbal interactions, Geriatric and Pediatric Dosing Guidelines that include infants and neonates, complete IV Preparation and Administration information, Adverse Effects organized by body system, Administration Information organized by route, as well as a comprehensive Companion Website - www.prenhall.com/drugguides - that provides access to the most up-to-date drug information. Nursing Implications are highlighted throughout.

A standard resource for nurses, this unique book provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. Includes 21 new drugs added as approved by the FDA and over 200 updates / revisions made to existing drugs. 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. Nursing professionals and students.

Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 provides comprehensive, student-friendly information on over 750 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs, including over 20 recently-approved drugs and dozens of recently-approved indications. This edition has more Alert logos to highlight potential drug errors; I.V. incompatibility information in every I.V. drug entry; new appendices on abbreviations to avoid and toxic drug interactions; and an expanded combination drugs appendix. Other features include a 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 updates on eDrugInfo.com. A free bound-in CD-ROM contains an NCLEX�-style pharmacology self-test.

The best-selling nursing drug handbook for 27 years is now in its fully updated 2007 edition. Organized by therapeutic class, Nursing2007 Drug Handbook provides quick access to current, accurate information on over 1,000 generic and 3,500 brand-name drugs. This edition includes over 20 recently approved drugs and new indications and warnings. For added safety, JCAHO-approved abbreviations are used, and new logos signal look-alike sound-alike drugs and safety-alert drugs. I.V. drugs now include incompatibility information. New appendices cover abbreviations to avoid and combination drugs. A free CD-ROM contains 200 drug monographs and corresponding customizable patient-teaching handouts. CE activity and updates are on NDHnow.com. Nursing2007 Drug Handbook will be available for PDA in September 2006.

CORRECTIVE NOTICEAUGUST 16, 2006 This notice concerns copies of our book, Prentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 (ISBN 0132223368 or 0132433486), that we shipped prior to June 20, 2006. The original back cover of the book contains incorrect information regarding the contents ofPrentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 in comparison to the contents ofMosby's Nursing Drug Reference 2007 andDavis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Ninth Edition. Contrary to the statements made in the comparative grid that appears on the original back cover, both Mosby's and Davis's books contain an electronic drug calculator on the accompanying CD-ROM, information about IV preparation and administration, and coverage of all three types of drug interactions. We previously added a sticker to the back cover of the book, and issued a formal recall of the unstickered version of the book (these would be books shipped prior to June 20, 2006). If we shipped any copies of the book to you before June 20, 2006, and your copies are not stickered, we now renew our request that you either return all unstickered copies of this book to us or affix the stickers that we sent over the chart on the back cover. a call tag to return the books at our cost, or additional stickers, or if you have any other questions. Also, replacement copies are available for immediate shipment -- please reorder them if you wish to have us send replacement copies to you. These replacement copies differ from the original only by the addition of the sticker on the back cover. We will pay the costs of shipping the replacement copies to you. We regret that this situation occurred, and we apologize for any inconvenience

A comprehensive, up-to-date drug guide for nursing students and practicing nurses, Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. The book provides complete monographs for 725 common drugs, including generic and trade names, pronunciations, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (if appropriate), drug classes, therapeutic actions, indications, contraindications and cautions, available forms, dosages, pharmacokinetics, IV facts (if appropriate), adverse effects, interactions, and nursing considerations organized by nursing process steps (assessment, interventions, and teaching points). More than 20 appendices cover a wealth of additional information, from key facts on more than 200 less commonly used drugs to alternative and complementary therapies, pediatric dosages, federal drug classifications, normal lab values, topical and ophthalmic drugs, combination products, CYP450 metabolized drugs, and more. The book also includes a 32-page full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and a detailed index for quick retrieval of needed information. The electronic ancillary contains the latest FDA updates on new drugs, indications, and warnings; videos on safe drug administration; updated NCLEX-style questions; and more.