Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide

Now in its Fifth Edition, this annual guide provides comprehensive information in an easy-to-use format. Organised alphabetically for quick access, the guide covers over 750 commonly used generic drugs and more than 3,500 trade drugs. Endorsed by the National Student Nurses Association, Springhouse Nurses Drug Guide 2004 includes student-friendly features such as a free mini-CD with a skill-building drug class game and an NCLEX-style pharmacology review self-test. A full-colour photoguide to more than 400 of the most commonly used tablets and capsules is fully updated for this edition. Also included are chapters covering drug therapy and the nursing process, dosage calculation methods, and drug administration techniques. Other features include: an English-Spanish drug phrase translator, detailed coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted, complete monographs on 60 recently approved drugs, complete entries on common herbal medicines, and a comprehensive 4-way index organised by generic name, trade name, classification, and disease. Features:- Endorsed by the National Student Nurses Association- Nursing considerations organised by the nursing process: assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning and implementation (including patient teaching), and evaluation in every monograph- Chapter on drug therapy and the nursing process- Chapter on dosage calculation methods, including dimensional analysis- Illustrated chapter on drug administration techniques- A free mini-CD with a drug-class match game and an updated, pharmacology review self-test with NCLEX style questions- Pronunciation guide for every generic drug- Detailed coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted- Updated full-colour photo guide to more than 400 of the most commonly used tablets and capsules- Drug updates at eDrugInfo.co

Table of Contents:
Consultants and Contributors Foreword How to use Springhouse Nurse�s Drug Guide 2004 Guide to abbreviations Drug therapy and the nursing process Essentials of dosage calculations Drug Administration Medication errors Drug classification section A-to-Z drug monographs Photo guide to tablets and capsules Herbal medicines Topical corticosteroids Ophthalmic anti-infectives Ophthalmic anti-inflammatories Otic Drugs Normal laboratory test values Table of equivalents Drugs that shouldn�t be crushed Selected nonnarcotic analgesic combination products Selected narcotic analgesic combination products English- Spanish drug phrase translator Acknowledgments IndexPharmDisk 5.