Nursing 2017: drug handbook /

Includes an index

General information: 1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions
2. Drug therapy across the lifespan
3. Safe drug administration
4. Selected therapeutic drug classifications
Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name
New drugs
Appendices: 1. Avoiding common drug errors: best practices and prevention
2. Pregnancy risk categories: the FDA's final rule
3. Controlled substance schedules
4. Abbreviations to avoid (The Joint Commission)
5. Pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors
6. Elder care medication tips
7. Prescription drug abuse: identifying and treating toxicity
8. Understanding biosimilar drugs
9. Nursing process: patient safety during drug therapy
10. Serotonin syndrome: what you should know to protect your patients
11. Tumor lysis syndrome: a life-threatening emergency
12. Antidiarrheals: indications and dosages
13. Antidotes: indications and dosages
14. Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: indications and dosages
15. Common combination drugs: indications and dosages
16. Vaccines and toxoids: indications and dosages
17. Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages
18. Antacids: indications and dosages
19. Laxatives: indications and dosages
20. Additional OTC drugs: indications and dosages
21. Selected ophthalmic drugs: indications and dosages
22. Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations (ISMP Canada)
23. Decision tree: deciding about medication administration
24. Canadian National Drug Schedules
25. Safe disposal of unused drugs: what patients need to know
26. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines
27. Less commonly used drugs: indications and dosages

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