Table Of Content38th Edition
Nursing2018
DRUG
HANDBOOK
®
Chief Nurse: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC
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Contents
Anatomy of a monograph
Contributors and consultants
How to use Nursing2018 Drug Handbook ®
Quick guide to special symbols, logos, and highlighted terms
Guide to abbreviations
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 patient
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. Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations (ISMP Canada)
22. Decision tree: Deciding about medication administration
23. Canadian National Drug Schedules
24. Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know
25. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines
26. Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages
27. Additional new drugs: Indications and dosages
Index
Contributors and consultants
Janine Barnaby, BS, RPh, BCOP
Manager, Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA
David Bruch, BS, PharmD
Assistant Lecturer
University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy
Laramie
Lawrence Carey, PharmD
Associate Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Temple University School of Pharmacy
Philadelphia, PA
Jason C. Cooper, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, MUSC Drug Information Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Lana Gettman, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Harding University College of Pharmacy
Searcy, AR
Toshal Hallowell, PharmD
Pharmacist
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Worcester, MA
Lauren Hazelton, PharmD
Pharmacy Manager
Walgreens Pharmacy
Haddon Township, NJ
AnhThu Hoang, PharmD
Professor
Sheridan College
Brampton, Ontario
