Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses [Paperback]

Judith Hopfer Deglin (Author), April Hazard Vallerand (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000 | ISBN-10: 0803605838 | ISBN-13: 978-0803605831 | Edition: 7th

-- Free monthly updates available on the web at www.DrugGuide.com
-- The accompanying disk provides access to 500 drugs. Its features and capabilities include:
-- Access to drugs by generic or trade name at the click of a mouse
-- The ability for students to make customized med cards, by printing drugs out before seeing a patient and having the information available at their fingertips
-- Instant information on indications, actions, pharmacokinetics, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, route/dosage, availability, and nursing implications
-- Includes 100 new monographs, along with all the latest FDA information on new medications/warnings, dosage forms and unlabeled uses, life span considerations, and product withdrawals
-- New appendix on frequently used natural, herbal, and complementary therapies
-- Includes over 4,600 trade and generic drugs
-- New renal and hepatic impairment dosage alerts included where appropriate
-- Provides the most comprehensive patient/family teaching tips available
-- Availability costs for wholesale price of average drug therapy is highlighted in second color
-- Much more IV drug information than any other source
-- Generic availability indicated in applicable monographs
-- 475 commonly used combination drugs have been completely updated
-- Flavors of meds included where appropriate
-- Includes 100 full-color images of the most commonly prescribed brand names
-- 69 comprehensive drug classifications; each monograph lists the therapeutic and pharmacologic classification
-- Intravitreal route added to route and dosage section
-- Side effects are organized by body systems with the mostfrequent problems underlined and Life Threatening problems capitalized and set in a second color for easy identification
-- IV therapy tips organized by direct IV (IV rate times), intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion; rate times are prominently displayed
-- Visit our website at www.DrugGuide.com, the latest installment in F. A. Davis's pharmacology suite. Full text monographs, articles on contemporary issues relating to pharmacology recently adjusted dosage information, and links to other pharmacology-related sites are just some of the features that can be found.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1245 pages
• Publisher: F. A. Davis Company; 7th edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803605838
• ISBN-13: 978-0803605831
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,057,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep this with you while administering meds to clients., December 23, 2003

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M. Franta (Walnut, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (Book with CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh, 2.0) (Paperback)

I teach nursing, and this DAVIS Drug Guide for Nurses is a must-have for all my students as they learn how to professionally administer medications to their clients.
All nurses should have a convenient system to use when the occasion arises that a nurse gives a medication that they are unfamilair with...I found that this DAVIS Guide is a quick and easy way to investigate the medication, it's indications, contraindications, nursing considerations and idiosyncrasies. Adverse reactions and normal dosing ranges are included for all medications .....
There is also caution advised to prevent medication errors....near misses are always preferred over real errors any day. How the heart skips a beat whenever that happens!
Nurses NEVER intend to make errors, and this book gives a cautionary tale in the beginning - to help professionals understand the grave seriousness of it all.
It's never too late to buy an informative drug guide, and here I recommend this book to ALL --- professional or not.
It's cruicial that all people who give medications or take them understand the actions of the medications comprehensively.
The more one knows the more choices they posses.
Before you pass the meds,
pass the DAVIS Drug Guide!

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Drug Guide For Nurses, July 30, 2002

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"zyoumans" (Missoula, MT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (Paperback)

My pharmacology class required Davis's Drug Guide For Nurses. Being a cynic, I checked out all the other guides available at the time. Davis's is the BEST drug guide for students, new grads and long-time nurses. Nursing dx are included with every drug listed. Quick and simple to use. Cross-referenced by brand and generic names. OTC medications get the same treatment as prescription medications. Davis's also has listings for the most used herbals and excellent content to help guide the nurse in herbal-drug interactions. The best deal out there, I am buying my third copy of this excellent resource.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most useful Nursing Drug Book Available, March 8, 2000

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Michele "Michele" (Roanoke, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (Paperback)

I have found this to be the most useful drug book on the market. The doctors at the hospital prefer to use my Davis' over the PDR. It's a quicker to find the pertinant info on any type of dosage for every type of patient.