The go-to guide for students and nurses alike to promote better patient care!
Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2022
provides you with essential information on more than 1,000 generic and 4,000 trade name drugs. This handy, user-friendly guide features updated
Black Box Alerts
and comprehensive coverage of IV drug administration, side effects and adverse reactions, fixed combinations, and nursing considerations. It uniquely guides you through clinical priorities in the practice setting and is organized alphabetically by generic drug name for quick reference. New drug monographs cover 28 new FDA-approved drugs!
Over 1,000 generic name drugs
, encompassing over 4,000 trade name drugs, are organized alphabetically with A-to-Z tabs for quick and easy access.
Detailed information for each drug
distinguishes side effects and adverse reactions to help you identify which are most likely to occur.
Highlighting of high-alert drugs
helps
promote safe administration of drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm; an appendix includes drug names that sound alike or look alike.
UNIQUE! Herbal information
is included in the appendix and on the Evolve companion website,
covering the interactions and effects of commonly encountered herbs.
Classifications
section
features an overview of actions and uses for drug families.
Top 100 Drugs
list
helps you easily identify the most frequently administered drugs.
Nursing considerations
are organized in a functional nursing process framework and include headings for baseline assessment, intervention/evaluation, and patient/family teaching.
Information on lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations
equips you with special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, and immune- or renal-compromised patients.
Extensive IV content
features IV compatibilities/IV incompatibilities and breaks down key information with headings on reconstitution, rate of administration, and storage.
Fixed combinations
are included in dosages of each combined drug directly within the individual monographs, to help you understand different drug dose options for specific diseases.
Cross-references to the 400 top U.S. brand-name drugs
are located throughout the book for easy access.
Customizable and printable monographs
for 100 of the most commonly used drugs are located on Evolve, along with quarterly drug updates.
Therapeutic and toxic blood level information
promotes safe drug administration.
Comprehensive
IV Compatibility Chart
foldout
arms you with compatibility information for 65 intravenous drugs.
List of newly approved drugs
in the front of the book makes it easy to locate the latest drugs.
Callouts in a sample drug monograph
highlight key features to
help you understand how to use the book more efficiently.
NEW! Drug monographs for 28 new FDA-approved drugs
equip you with the most current drug information.
NEW! Updated monographs
include new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information to help prevent medication dispensing errors.