Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses

Includes 2025 updates - 5,000 trade & generic drugs, built-in dosage calculators

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Based on 19th print ed. - 1,400+ monographs covering 5,000 trade name & generic drugs. 150 drug classifications. 700+ built-in dosage calculators. 1200+ Audio pronunciations.

Includes 1-year online access with WebView.

SAFETY FIRST!

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses® (DrugGuide™), Nineteenth Edition, 2024 Update delivers all the information you need to ister medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs. Includes one year of online access with WebView

HIGHLIGHTS

* Search the complete 5,000-drug database and appendices quickly and efficiently.

* Build your knowledge with extensively cross-referenced drugs.

* Keep up to date with FDA drug news.

* Audio pronunciations for almost 890 generic drugs

* Over 700 built-in drug dosing calculation tools. Simply review a drug, calculate the dose and ister all in a single step without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program.

Comprehensive coverage on over 1,400 drug monographs including more than:

* 5,000 trade and generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products

* 150 drug classifications, both therapeutic and pharmacologic (if available)

* 500 commonly used combination drugs, including the dosage amount of the active generic ingredient

* Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients

LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE ... AT A GLANCE

* New! The AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

#1 Drug Guide for patient safety - More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including:

* Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury and information throughout the monograph that explain what the nurse can do to ensure patient safety

* ""Do not confuse with"" and ""Do not crush, break, or chew"" caution statements highlighted to safe practice

* Information on how to prevent istration errors, detect dosing and dispensing errors, and detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s.

* Explanations on how to ister medication safely by all routes – including signs and symptoms for toxicity and overdose, safe handling tips and how to educate patients for safe medication use in the home

* High alert medications - in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage

* Red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects

* REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon

* Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions

* Special considerations for patient populations.

* Geri heading identifies special concerns for older adults.

* OB and Lact headings highlight information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients.

* Pedi heading identifies concerns for children.

* Rep heading identifies considerations for patients of reproductive age.

* IV istration subheads

* Pharmacogenomic content

* Canadian-specific content

* In-depth guidance for patient and family teaching

* NDC (National Drug Code) for 1300+ Monographs.

Expanded coverage on vulnerable populations including:

* Indications and dosing recommendations for top 100 pediatric drugs

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Editor(s): April Hazard Vallerand PhD, RN, FAAN; Cynthia A. Sanoski BS, PharmD, FC, BS

Publisher: F. A. Davis Company