Nursing Drug Handbook 2001

A standard resource for nurses, this unique book provides safe, effective, current, and accurate drug administration information in a quickly accessible format. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. An easy-to-use dosage information disk is included to provide nurses with monographs of the most commonly prescribed and dispensed drugs and prototype drugs.

About the Authors

v

Preface

vii

How to Use This Book

ix

Classification Scheme and Prototype Drugs

xiii

Alphabetical List of Generic Drugs

1

(1483)

Appendix A: Ocular Medications, Law-molecular Weight Heparins, and Oral and Nasal Corticosteroids in Tabular Form

1484

(11)

Appendix B. U.S. Schedules of Controlled Substances

1495

(1)

Appendix C. FDA Pregnancy Categories

1496

(2)

Appendix D. Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed

1498

(7)

Appendix E. Prescription Combination Drugs

1505

(18)

Appendix F. Glossary of Key Terms, Clinical Conditions, and Associated Signs and Symptoms

1523

(5)

Appendix G. New Drugs and Black Box Warnings

1528

(5)

Bibliography

1533

(1)

Index

1534

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Nursing Drug Handbook 2001

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