Main description:

Trusted for over 25 years, this portable, full-color drug reference is easy to navigate and provides safety features that help you practice knowledgeable, safe medication dispensing. Content on more than 5,000 generic and brand-name drugs covers almost every drug you are likely to encounter in clinicals. Side effects information, logically organized by body system and identified as common or life threatening, shows you the important and intricate signs to watch for during assessments. This guide also includes complete pharmacokinetic tables that explain the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as the action, duration, and excretion of the drug. Whether you're in the classroom or in clinicals, Mosby's 2021 Nursing Drug Reference, 34th Edition is the all-in-one drug reference you need.

Content on more than 5,000 generic and brand-name drugs covers almost every drug you will encounter in clinicals.
A Safety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side effects that you must be aware of during clinicals.
A Black Box Warning feature alerts you to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactions.
Bold heading and details on IV drug administration so students can easily find appropriate dosage and IV instructions to help them administer these drugs safely.
Side effects information is logically organized by body system and identified as common or life threatening, alerting students to the signs to watch for during assessments.
Nursing Process Framework organizes all nursing care steps so students learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into their clinical experiences.
Cross-reference headers in the book listings and in the appendicies make it easier to find the drug content quickly and less likely that students will think a drug is missing if it's not first found in the book.
Complete pharmacokinetic tables explain the mechanism and absorption of the drug, as well as the action, duration, and excretion of the drug.

NEW! Approximately 25 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs give you the intricate details you need both in the classroom and clinicals. Each monograph includes new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information - so you'll feel confident in the accuracy of the information and in preventing medication dispensing errors.
NEW! Up-to-date content on drug therapies provides you with instant access to the latest information.

Contents:

Drug categories

Alpha-adrenergic blockers

Anesthetics--general/local

Antacids

Anti-alzheimer agents

Antianginals

Antianxiety agents

Antiasthmatics

Anticholinergics

Anticoagulants

Anticonvulsants

Antidepressants

Antidiabetics

Antidiarrheals

Antidysrhythmics

Antiemetics

Antifungals (systemic)

Antihistamines

Antihypertensives

Antiinfectives

Antilipidemics

Antineoplastics

Antiparkinson agents

Antiplatelets

Antipsychotics

Antipyretics

Antiretrovirals

Antituberculars

Antitussives/expectorants

Antivirals

Beta-adrenergic blockers

Bone resorption inhibitors

Calcium channel blockers

Cardiac glycosides

Cholinergics

Cholinergic blockers

Corticosteroids

Diuretics

Histamine H2 antagonists

Immunosuppressants

Laxatives

Neuromuscular blocking agents

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories

Opioid analgesics

Salicylates

Sedatives/hypnotics

Skeletal muscle relaxants

Thrombolytics

Thyroid hormones

Vasodilators

Vitamins

Individual drugs in A-Z Format

Appendices

A. Selected new drugs

B. Recent FDA drug approvals

C. Ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products

D. Vaccines and toxoids

E. Antitoxins and antivenins

F. Herbal products

G. Combination products

H. Medications that may be inappropriate for geriatric patients

I. Drugs metabolized by known P450a?Ts

J. Safety in handling chemotherapeutic agents

K. High-alert drugs

L. Controlled substance chart

M. Immunization schedules for children and adolescents

N. High-alert Canadian medications

O. Canadian controlled substance chart

P. Canadian recommended immunization schedules for infants and children

Q. FDA pregnancy categories

R. Weights and equivalents

S. Abbreviations