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Now a Canadian version of this annual reference text contains nearly 800 monographs covering more than 900 generic names and more than 2,500 trade names. Organized alphabetically for quick access, each entry contains everything from pronunciation to pregnancy risk category and pharmacokinetics, including route-onset-peak-duration. Features new appendices on infusion flow rates and fertility drugs, a new chapter on avoiding medication errors, and expanded information on herbal medicines.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Part 1
• 1 Nursing Process Guidelines Related to Drug Administration(p. 2)
• 2 Preventing Medication Errors(p. 12)
• 3 Pharmacologic Drug Classification(p. 14)
• 4 Compendium of Adverse Effects(p. 66)
• Part 2 Alphabetical Listing of Drugs by Generic Name(p. 73)
• Appendices(p. 1247)
• Part I Drug Information(p. 1249)
• Appendix A Alternative and Complementary Therapies(p. 1249)
• Appendix B Commonly Used Biologicals(p. 1256)
• Appendix C Fixed-Combination Drugs(p. 1282)
• Appendix D Laxatives(p. 1313)
• Appendix E Ophthalmic Agents(p. 1317)
• Appendix F Topical Agents(p. 1322)
• Appendix G Less Commonly Used and Orphan Drugs(p. 1333)
• Appendix H Fertility Drugs(p. 1350)
• Part II Administration-Related Content(p. 1352)
• Appendix I Calculating Pediatric Dosages(p. 1352)
• Appendix J FDA Pregnancy Categories(p. 1354)
• Appendix K DEA Schedules of Controlled Substances(p. 1355)
• Appendix L Injection Information(p. 1356)
• Appendix M Narcotic Equianalgesic Dosages(p. 1361)
• Appendix N Patient Teaching Guide(p. 1362)
• Appendix O Important Dietary Guidelines for Patient Teaching(p. 1364)
• Appendix P NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses(p. 1365)
• Appendix Q Quick Check: Compatibility of Drugs in Syringe(p. 1369)
• Appendix R Tablets/Capsules That Cannot Be Cut, Crushed, or Chewed(p. 1371)
• Appendix S Infusion Flow Rates(p. 1372)
• Appendix T Canadian Regulations--Immunization Schedules, Use of Narcotics(p. 1375)
• Appendix U Quick Insulin Guide(p. 1379)
• Appendix V Guidelines for Use of Selected Antimicrobials(p. 1380)
• Bibliography(p. 1383)
• Acknowledgments(p. 1384)
• Index(p. 1386)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

She is the managing editor of Juris Publici at the T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond.

Karch wrote Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide with Disk, which has been included in Lippincott's Complete Nursing Reference.

(Bowker Author Biography)