TY - BOOK ED - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ED - Wolters Kluwer Health TI - Nursing 2013 drug handbook SN - 9781451150230 AV - RM125 .N87 2013 U1 - 615.1 PY - 2013/// CY - Philadelphia, Pa. PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Drugs KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Pharmacology KW - Nursing KW - Drug Therapy KW - nursing KW - Handbooks and manuals KW - fast KW - Handbooks N1 - "#1 nursing drug guide"--Cover; Includes index; How to use Nursing2013 Drug Handbook -- Quick guide to special symbols, logos, and highlighted terms -- Guide to abbreviations -- General information -- 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions -- 2. Drug therapy across the lifespan -- 3. Safe drug administration -- 4. Selected drug classifications -- Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name -- Appendices -- Pregnancy risk categories -- Controlled substance schedules -- Quick guide to combination drugs -- Common combination drugs: indications and dosages -- Vaccines and toxoids: indications and dosages -- Vitamins and minerals: indications and dosages -- Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines -- Cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drug interactions -- Drugs that prolong the QTc interval -- Dialyzable drugs -- Abbreviations to avoid -- Herbal supplements -- Drugs that shouldn't be crushed or chewed -- Avoiding common drug errors: best practices and prevention -- Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors -- Elder care medication tips -- Additional new drugs: indications and dosages N2 - New features include: generic drugs arranged A to Z; over 3,000 clinical updates, including dosages, warnings, new indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations; monographs featuring over 960 generic drugs, including 9 new FDA approvals; updated therapeutic classes throughout; prominently displayed safety information, including tall man letters, black box warnings, clinical alerts, I.V. administration guidelines, overdose signs and symptoms; 3 new safety-related appendices highlighting best practices to avoid drug errors, pediatric drugs involved in drug errors, and elder care medication tips; and expanded photoguide showing nearly 400 actual-size pills ER -