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ISBN: 9780071769303 / 0071769307
Division: Professional & Medical
Pub Date: DEC-11
Pages: 458

Copyright: 2012
Edition: 8
Format: Paperback
   
Nurse's Pocket Drug Guide 2012

Judith Barberio


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Introduction



Everything nurses need to know about 1000 common medications

  • Market: registered nurses (2.4 million/USA); nursing students (300,000/USA)
  • All the critical data nurses need when prescribing and administering popular medications
  • Convenient pocket size
  • NEW coverage of 30 additional herbal medications
  • Revised annually to reflect new drugs approved by the FDA and those withdrawn from the market

About the book



Up-to-the-minute data on 1,000 of the most commonly prescribed medications ' with a strong emphasis on patient safety

  • Includes branded, generic, and over-the-counter medications
  • Organized alphabetically by generic drug name
  • Mechanisms of action
  • Common usage and dosage
  • Side effects
  • Drug interactions
  • Nursing implications
  • New drugs
  • Patient education
  • Expanded list of natural and herbal agents

About the author

Judith Barberio, PhD, RN, ANPC, GNPC, SNC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
College of Nursing



Table of contents

Medication Key, Abbreviations, Classification, Generic and Selected Brad Drug Data, Commonly Used Natural and Herbal Agents, Tables, Index

 

 

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