2024 Nurse’s Drug Handbook

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The 2024 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is an up-to-date, practical, comprehensive and user-friendly drug reference guide for current nursing students and practicing nurses alike. Written in a straightforward style with approachable terminology, it offers concise and consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically from A-Z. The 2024 Nurse’s Drug Handbook ensures that all nurses, both new and experienced, can easily access accurate information they need before administering any medication, ensuring proper patient care and safety.

NEW to the 2024 Nurse’s Drug Handbook:

• All drug entries have been updated to meet current FDA standards.\
• Removed obsolete drug entries.
• NEW appendix includes information related to vaccines.
• NEW Covid-19 vaccines have been added to the primary drug entries.

The 2024 Nurse’s Drug Handbook includes:

• Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names
• Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category, and controlled substance schedule
• Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information
• Incompatibilities and contraindications
• Interactions with drugs, food, and activities
• Adverse reactions
• Nursing considerations, including key teaching points for patients
• Mechanism-of-action illustrations
• Warnings and precautions
• Updated appendices including Uncommon Drugs
• Bolded Life-Threatening Adverse Reactions (ADRs)