Lippincott*s Nursing Drug Guide, 2000 (book With Diskette For Windows)

Updated annually, this pocket-sized drug handbook quickly provides access to the most current and clinically relevant drug information available. Essential for all student and practicing nurses in both the classroom and clinical setting, this publication is a wonderful quick-reference resource. Uniquely organized, this handbook features color-tabbed pages, A-Z presentation of drugs by generic names, pharmacotherapeutic overview of major drug classes and page references, guidelines for drug administration including assessment parameters and nursing diagnosis and management, IV facts, pharmacokinetics tables, patient family teaching and much more. An updated companion computer disk lists 150 of the most commonly prescribed drugs today

New to this edition -- two-page spread on 'Guide to the use of drug monographs; ' over 1,000 updates on dosage, indications & administration; a new appendix devotedly entirely to orphan drugs; an expanded IV facts section that includes Y-site incompatibility; more alternative therapies; and a fully-indexed, 32-page color insert of nearly 400 of the most commonly prescribed pills & capsules. This expanded and revised handbook is an invaluable resource of current drug data.