(1 reviews) Author: ISBN : 9781451187830 New from $9.35 Format: PDFThe 2014 Lippincott's Pocket Drug Guide for Nurses provides current, vital drug information “in a nutshell.” Based on the popular Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide by Amy Karch, this handy pocket guide by the same author gives essential information on over 1,500 medications in an easy-access A-to-Z format.
The “mini” drug monographs include generic and trade names, drug class, pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule, “black box” warnings, indications & dosages, dose adjustments, adverse effects, drug interactions, nursing considerations, and patient teaching. A new section provides Patient Safety information. Appendices cover topical and ophthalmic medications, laxatives, combination products, contraceptives, and biological agents (vaccines).
The pocket-sized 2014 Lippincott’s Pocket Drug Guide for Nurses will quickly become your go-to guide for important drug facts and vital patient safety tips & alerts.
New to this edition:
· More than 1,200 additions, changes, and updates on indications, dosages, and administration
· Section on Patient Safety and Medication Administration
- Paperback: 500 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (October 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1451187831
- ISBN-13: 978-1451187830
- Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 3 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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One star means "I hate it" and I'm so sorry to say that I really do!By Horsebytes
The type is very small, but if the info was any good I could deal with it. Sad to say that I can't trust the info in this book! I looked up one drug to check this little book out - dopamine - the info on the book says "need to know information" but it calls it "dopamine hydrochloride" (which is correct but unneeded information) and it doesn't even give the brand name ("Intropin" which is need to know information) or tell me that the drug is a vesicant, or that can be used for shock. Classifies it as a "Dopaminergic sympathomimetic" - huh? Not familiar with that classification though it's probably correct. My Davis drug guide classifies dopamine therapeutically as inotropic, vasopressor and pharmacologically as an adrenergic. This is just too many things I don't like about this little book and this is only on the first drug that I looked up. I'm buying a pocket guide to make my life easier not to confuse me or use terms that I'm not used to seeing or leave out things that I know that I need to know. Sigh!
Edited to add - Found a great pocket drug guide that gives all the needed drug info that I'm looking for - McGraw Hill Nurse's pocket drug guide by Judith A. Barberio 2012 version check it out - ISBN 9780071769303
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