Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses with 2006 Update, 6e

Packed with the very latest drug facts and student-friendly features such as: Quick-Reference Aids! * New "Tall Man" lettering to identify the distinguishing letters of easily confused drug names * Disorders Index helps you quickly identify the drugs most often used to treat major disorders * Eye-catching icons call out: * Nursing Alerts * Herbal Interactions * Do Not Crush * Key Drugs * Nursing Diagnoses * Sound-Alike, Look-Alike Drug Names * Therapeutic Outcome * IV Administration * Canada Only * Lifespan content (Geriatric, Pediatric) * High Alert Drugs are highlighted to caution you about medications with the greatest potential for patient harm * Color photo atlas illustrates drug administration routes and methods and includes a review of Universal Standard Precautions Complete Coverage with the Latest Information! * More than 2,000 new drug facts, including patient/family teaching guidelines, as well as updated drug, herb and lab test interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts * 43 New drug monographs * The latest NANDA nursing diagnoses * Updated table of recent FDA drug approvals lists generic and trade names and uses for the latest drugs * Expanded appendix on Rarely Used Drugs * Combination product appendix lists more than 700 products with components and dosages * Color drug identification guide provides photos of the top-prescribed drugs State-of-the-Art Tools! * Mosby's DrugSmart CD-ROM includes: * Drug Interactions Tool * Drug Dosage Calculators * Herbal Monographs * Additional Drug Monographs * Patient Teaching Guides in English and Spanish * English/Spanish Translations for Common Words and Phrases * Quarterly Internet drug updates offer the latest drug information.Linda Skidmore-Roth RN MSN NP is the author of 'Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses with 2006 Update, 6e', published 2005 under ISBN 9780323034500 and ISBN 0323034500.