2014 Nurse's Drug Handbook

Jones & Bartlett Learning 2014 Nurse’s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference. Updated annually, it provides: * Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abatacept to zonisamide * Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically * No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday * 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 patient-teaching points * Mechanism-of-action illustrations * Warnings and precautions New drug entries: * aclidinium bromide * anidulafungin * avanafil * icosapent ethyl * linaclotide * lorcserin * mifepristone * mirabegron * peginesatide * perampanel * teriflunomide * tofacitinib