This portable, up-to-date drug reference contains all of the essential data for administering the most common prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including more than 1,300 generic and 4,500 trade names. Thoroughly revised and updated, MOSBY'S 2002 NURSING DRUG REFERENCE features more than a thousand new drug facts including revised nursing considerations and patient/family teaching guidelines, plus hundreds of newly researched side effects, adverse reactions, precautions, interactions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts. (Includes FREE MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/nursingdrugupdates/)

2002 Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference (Book + Mini CD-ROM for Windows)

Medical Books

Skidmore-Roth, Linda

Skidmore-Roth RN MSN NP, Linda

Nursing

Mosby

The 2003 edition makes it easy to research and administer any prescription or over-the-counter drug. A hands-on clinical tool, it's comprehensive, up to date, and loaded with safety features. You'll find... Information on more than 1,300 generic drugs (with over 4,500 trade names) listed alphabetically for quick reference. More than 2,000 NEW drug facts ― including patient/family teaching guidelines, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts. Comprehensive information on 24 drugs recently approved by the FDA. Extensive, lifesaving nursing considerations for every drug, steering you through every step of the nursing process ― from assessment to patient/family teaching. Shaded entries for high-risk drugs to remind you to take extra precautions when administering the drugs most often involved in serious drug errors. A FREE DrugPro CD-ROM with herbal monographs, patient teaching guides, and a drug interaction tool. FREE Internet drug updates. · Presents more than 2000 new drug facts · Contains approximately 30 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA · Highlights common and life-threatening side effects · Features over 400 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products

2003 Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference (Book + Mini CD-ROM for Windows)

The fourth edition of MOSBY'S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES has been extensively revised to include hundreds of new drug facts, monographs for newly approved drugs and an increased number of combination drugs. It features in-depth coverage of IV drug content, including compatibilities and incompatibilities; short foundations chapters on drug calculations, lifespan considerations, and the nursing process; and a 4-color atlas of drug administration. Disorders Index * General Index * Photo Atlas of Drug Administration * Windows disk

Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses (Book with Mini CD-ROM for Windows)

This essential handbook presents detailed monographs for 270 commonly used herbal products and natural supplements. Arranged in alphabetical order, each monograph incorporates authoritative information on generic names, botanical names, common alternative and trade names, actions, uses, dosages, side effects and adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, pharmacokinetics, chemical components, and interactions with foods, other herbal products, and with drugs.

Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

This portable, up-to-date drug handbook provides information on more than 60 drug classifications and 4,000 individual generic and trade name drugs. Extensively revised and expanded, it offers more than 2,000 new drug facts and approximately 30 monographs for newly approved drugs. In-depth coverage includes IV drug content with compatibilities and incompatibilities; extensive coverage of interactions; a full-color atlas of drug administration; a full-color drug identification guide; and a drug classification section covering entire groups of drugs by function.
<ul>
<li>Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name to allow fast retrieval of essential information.</li>
<li>Features a colorful, functional, and user-friendly design that includes colored monograph headings; screened index pages to facilitate easy location of information, and icons for key drugs, therapeutic outcome, IV administration, lifespan content, nursing alerts, Do Not Crush precautions, herbal interactions, and nursing diagnoses.</li>
<li>Provides a biannual update on newly released drugs, in a booklet form that can be pasted into the inside back cover.</li>
<li>Designates generic drugs as prescription or over-the-counter for immediate identification of drug status.</li>
<li>Highlights key drugs with a special icon, both on the individual monograph and in the drug classification section, to help focus on important drugs within drug classifications.</li>
<li>Provides a separate monograph heading for therapeutic outcome, highlighted with an icon, to encourage critical thinking and provide a focus for the plan of care.</li>
<li>Includes eye-catching special icons for pediatric and geriatric considerations to highlight important lifespan content.</li>
<li>Highlights critical nursing considerations with more than 110 special Nursing Alert icons to identify situations that potentially could cause harm to the patient.</li>
<li>Features more than 60 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may not be administered in crushed form</li>
<li>Highlights common side effects and life-threatening adverse reactions in a different typeface for immediate recognition in emergency situations.</li>
<li>Lists side effects by body system and in order of frequency for easy identification.</li>
<li>Includes extensive interactions information when appropriate for drug-to-drug, drug-to-drug category, drug-to-food, drug-to-herb, and lab test interferences.</li>
<li>Highlights incompatibility information for site- and solution-specific incompatibilities.</li>
<li>Provides pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in chart form where appropriate for easy access to information.</li>
<li>Provides both drug-to-drug and drug-to-solution compatibility charts for easy access.</li>
<li>Includes several detailed multi-product monographs that group all chemically similar forms of insulin, cephalosporin (1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-generation), and penicillin together into single monographs, with cross-references to the individual forms of these drugs inserted alphabetically throughout the monographs in easy-to-find colored monograph header blocks.</li>
<li>Combines ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products into a single easy-to-read appendix.</li>
<li>Features a drug category section with nursing diagnoses, generic drugs, and highlighted key drugs in each category.</li>
<li>Provides a full-color atlas of medication administration to clearly illustrate and visually reinforce key steps in drug administration for various routes.</li>
<li>Features hundreds of potential interactions between drugs and herbal products with an eye-catching icon.</li>
<li>Includes Universal Precautions box at beginning of color atlas to reinforce both patient's and nurse's safety in drug administration.</li>
<li>Provides both a general index and a disorders index for easy application within integrated pharmacology courses.</li>
<li>Includes appendixes on controlled substances, FDA pregnancy categories, nomogram for calculating body surface area, and commonly used abbreviations for quick clinical reference.</li>
<li>Features appendix of Combination Products that provides a listing of product names, generic ingredients, and component dosages for more than 500 combination products.</li>
<li>Features a flexible, water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical setting.</li>
<li>Contains an expanded appendix of Rarely Used Drugs that provides summaries of numerous products and helps distinguish these products from more commonly administered drugs.</li>
</ul>

Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses

This portable, up-to-date handbook contains all of the information essential to safe administration of more than 1,300 generic and 4,500 trade name drugs. Thoroughly revised and updated every year, Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference features more than 2,000 new drug facts, including revised nursing considerations, patient and family teaching guidelines, and hundreds of newly researched side effects, adverse reactions, precautions, interactions, contraindications, IV therapy facts, and herbal interactions. Many additional features promote safe medication administration and prevention of drug errors.
<ul>
<li>Presents more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) in an alphabetical organization for quick clinical reference</li>
<li>Provides extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family</li>
<li>Identifies High-Alert drugs to warn nurses to take extra care in administering the drugs most likely to cause patient harm.</li>
<li>Offers lifespan content with geriatric, pediatric, and pregnancy considerations throughout.</li>
<li>Highlights common and life-threatening side effects in different typefaces for easy identification, with side effects listed in decreasing order of likelihood.</li>
<li>Highlights critical nursing considerations with a special Nursing Alert icon for considerations that require special attention.</li>
<li>Features more than 100 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may not be administered in crushed form.</li>
<li>Features over 400 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products, denoted by an eye-catching icon.</li>
<li>Lists over 1,700 pairs of look-alike/sound-alike drug names under special Do Not Confuse headings within drug monographs to help nurses avoid administering the wrong drug.</li>
<li>Groups IV drug information under the monograph subheading Administer, ensuring that all of the IV drug administration content is grouped together in one easy-to-find place.</li>
<li>Includes all drug compatibility information under the Administer monograph subheading to make this crucial information easy to locate.</li>
<li>Features boldface route subheadings (IM, PO, etc.) under the Dosage and Routes and the Administer monograph subheadings to help the user find information quickly.</li>
<li>Includes several detailed multi-product monographs that group all chemically similar forms of insulin, cephalosporin (1st-, 2nd-, 3rd- and 4th-generation), and penicillin together into single monographs, with cross-references to the individual forms of these drugs inserted alphabetically throughout the monographs in easy-to-find colored monograph header blocks.</li>
<li>Features a functional two-color design that highlights key information for quick, easy reference</li>
<li>Includes a separate section of drug category information that includes nursing considerations and a list of common generic drugs in each category</li>
<li>Provides a complete clinical reference by including appendixes of recent FDA drug approvals; ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products; vaccines and toxoids, combination products; rarely used drugs; less frequently used antihistamines; FDA pregnancy categories; controlled substances; commonly used abbreviations; weights and equivalents; formulas for drug calculations; nomogram for calculation of body surface area; and commonly used antibiotics in adults and children.</li>
<li>Presents new drug monographs in a separate appendix to help the user distinguish them from previously released products.</li>
<li>Includes an appendix that lists the names and uses of approximately 75 of the most commonly used herbal products.</li>
<li>Features a 16-page insert containing a drug identification guide with 160 new full-color photographs of frequently prescribed tablets and capsules, to help nurses identify common drugs and deliver safe, quality patient care; photos are arranged alphabetically by generic name, with common trade names and dosage strengths included</li>
<li>Includes an appendix with approximately 700 pairs of look-alike/sound-alike drug names to help ensure administration of the correct drug.</li>
<li>Offers a combination products appendix that includes nearly 900 products in an easy-to-read format that includes uses for all drugs as well as product names and the dosages of generic components.</li>
<li>Provides a Syringe Compatibility Chart inside the front cover and an IV Drug/Solution Compatibility Chart inside the back cover.</li>
<li>Offers a flexible, water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical setting.</li>
<li>Includes a DrugPro mini CD-ROM that contains a comprehensive drug interaction tool, over 200 patient teaching guidelines in English and Spanish, and complete monographs for 30 of the most popular herbs.</li>
<li>Includes free Internet updates at to provide users with the latest drug alerts, abbreviated new drug monographs, tables of recently released U.S. and Canadian drugs, links to useful drug-related websites, an extensive table of orphan drugs, a detailed table of AHA drug dosing guidelines based on the 2000 AHA standards, and a comprehensive Drug Safety reference.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Presents more than 2,000 new drug facts, including patient/family teaching guidelines as well as updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts.</li>
<li>Contains approximately 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA (Appendix A) to provide the very latest drug information.</li>
<li>Includes a table of selected newly approved drugs with generic names, trade names, and uses for drugs so recently released that full information was not available at press time (Appendix B)</li>
<li>Features approximately 50 New Research headings to denote drugs involved in current key research studies.</li>
</ul>

Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference (Skidmore Nursing Drug Reference)

For current, complete drug information with a focus on safe medication administration, this is the book for you! This indispensable resource, featuring the latest drug information organized alphabetically, is a favorite of students and practitioners. You'll find drug indications, precautions and nursing considerations applicable to all of your patients. Every copy also includes a CD-ROM packed with useful tools, such as patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, a drug-interaction tool and detailed information on herbal products.
<ul>
<li>Highlights High Alert drugs to caution nurses to use extra care in administering drugs most likely to cause patient harm.</li>
<li>Features Research headings to denote drugs currently involved in important research studies.</li>
<li>Features more than 100 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may not be administered in crushed form.</li>
<li>Presents more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) in an alphabetical organization for quick clinical reference.</li>
<li>Provides extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family.</li>
<li>Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name to allow for fast retrieval of needed information.</li>
<li>Offers lifespan content via coverage of geriatric, pediatric, and pregnancy considerations throughout.</li>
<li>Highlights common and life-threatening side effects in different typefaces for easy identification, with side effects listed in decreasing order of likelihood.</li>
<li>Identifies critical nursing considerations with a special Nursing Alert icon to identify considerations that require special attention.</li>
<li>Features over 400 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products, denoted by an eye-catching icon.</li>
<li>Nursing Drug Dosage Calculators provide users with quick, portable confirmation of key drug calculations.</li>
<li>Groups IV drug information under the monograph subheading Administer, with a boldface IV heading ensuring that all of the IV drug administration content is grouped together in one easy-to-find place.</li>
<li>Includes all drug compatibility information under the Administer monograph subheading to make this crucial information easy to locate.</li>
<li>Includes a separate section of drug category information that includes nursing considerations and a list of common generic drugs in each category.</li>
<li>Provides a complete clinical reference by including appendixes of recent FDA drug approvals; ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products; vaccines and toxoids, combination products; less frequently used antihistamines; FDA pregnancy categories; controlled substances; commonly used abbreviations; weights and equivalents; formulas for drug calculations; nomogram for calculation of body surface area; and commonly used antibiotics in adults and children.</li>
<li>Features a 16-page insert containing a drug identification guide with 160 new full-color photographs of frequently prescribed tablets and capsules, to help nurses identify common drugs and deliver safe, quality patient care; photos are arranged alphabetically by generic name, with common trade names and dosage strengths included. It also has been completely updated to reflect the top 50 prescribed drugs in 2003.</li>
<li>Lists over 1,700 pairs of look-alike/sound-alike drug names under special Do Not Confuse headings within drug monographs to help nurses avoid administering the wrong drug.</li>
<li>Provides a Syringe Compatibility Chart inside the front cover and an IV Drug/Solution Compatibility Chart inside the back cover.</li>
<li>A special Herbal Product icon highlights over 700 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products and an Herbal Products appendix also lists over 75 popular herbal supplements and their uses.</li>
<li>The Combination Products appendix includes nearly 900 commonly used combination products, their individual components, and their uses.</li>
<li>Offers a flexible, water-resistant cover that provides durability in the clinical setting.</li>
<li>Includes a DrugPro mini CD-ROM that contains a comprehensive drug interaction tool, over 200 patient teaching guidelines in English and Spanish, and detailed monographs for more than 30 of the most popular herbal products.</li>
<li>Includes free Internet updates to provide users with the latest drug alerts, abbreviated new drug monographs, tables of recently released U.S. and Canadian drugs, links to useful drug-related websites, an extensive table of orphan drugs, a detailed table of AHA drug dosing guidelines based on the 2000 AHA standards, and a comprehensive drug safety reference.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Contains approximately 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA to provide the very latest drug information plus a table of newly approved drugs with generic names, trade names, and uses.</li>
<li>Presents more than 2,000 new drug facts, including patient/family teaching guidelines as well as updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts.</li>
<li>Features new "Tall man" spellings for easily confused drug names in accordance with the latest FDA recommendations.</li>
<li>A Look-alike/sound-alike Drug Names appendix has been updated and expanded to include nearly 1,200 pairs of drug names that may be easily confused.</li>
<li>An updated functional, two-color design highlights all monograph subheadings, while alphabetical organization and A-to-Z thumb tabs allow instant retrieval of essential information.</li>
</ul>

Mosby's 2005 Nursing Drug Reference

For current, complete drug information, with a focus on safe medication administration, this book is the ideal choice. This indispensable resource, featuring the latest drug information organized alphabetically, is a favorite among students and practitioners. Readers will find indications, precautions, and nursing considerations applicable to any patient care setting. Every copy includes a CD-ROM packed with useful tools, such as patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, a drug interaction tool, and detailed information on herbal products.
<ul>
<li>Provides detailed information for more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) that nurses commonly administer.</li>
<li>Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name for fast access.</li>
<li>Includes extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family.</li>
<li>Provides comprehensive drug monographs containing generic name; Rx or OTC designation; pronunciation; U.S. and Canadian trade names; functional and chemical classification; controlled-substance schedule; action; uses; investigational uses; dosages and routes; available forms; side effects/adverse reactions; contraindications; precautions; pharmacokinetics; interactions; lab test interferences; nursing considerations; and treatment of overdose.</li>
<li>Includes geriatric, pediatric, and pregnancy considerations throughout.</li>
<li>Offers safety features such as high-alert headings; "Do Not Crush" and "Nursing Alert" icons; "Do Not Confuse" cautions, "Tall Man" lettering as recommended by the FDA, and avoidance of error-prone abbreviations as recommended by JCAHO.</li>
<li>Features cross-references for the individual forms of closely related drugs (such as insulins, cephalosporins, and penicillins).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Features more than 2,000 new drug facts, including updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts, as well as current patient/family teaching guidelines.</li>
<li>Contains approximately 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA, such as apomorphine, azacitidine, telithromycin, and tinidazole.</li>
<li>Includes an appendix of key newly approved drugs that provides generic names, trade names, and uses for drugs very recently approved.</li>
</ul>

Mosby's 2006 Nursing Drug Reference

With just a few taps of the stylus, users can have quick, convenient access to all the valuable information in Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference! Adaptable, convenient, and highly portable, Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference Handheld Software includes all the information nurses needed for safe, accurate medication administration. In addition to all of the great content found in the print version, this handheld software also contains Nursing Drug Dosage Calculators, a Similar Drug Names Database (containing over 1,700 pairs of easily-confused drug names), and expanded coverage of SI Unit Conversions, Symbols, and Units of Measure. Plus, an easy-to-use, comprehensive index makes the process of pinpointing vital information faster than ever. Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference Handheld Software is navigated through the MobiPocket ReaderPro, making it virtually platform-independent. It is compatible with the PalmOS, Windows CE, and Pocket PC--as well as 4 other operating systems. The ReaderPro is small enough (max. size is 700KB) that it will not slow down even older devices, and it offers many useful built-in features, including full text search, annotation and highlighting capability, capability, bookmarks with easy link-style navigation, adjustable font size, type, text alignment, and color, multiple indexes, removable memory card support, and a customizable toolbar.
<ul>
<li>Contains 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA (Appendix A) to provide the very latest drug information.</li>
<li>Includes a table of newly approved key drugs with generic names, trade names, and uses.</li>
<li>Presents more than 2,000 new drug facts, including patient/family teaching guidelines as well as updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts</li>
<li>Offers a Similar Drug Names Database that puts over 1,700 drug name pairs at the user's fingertips, for quick, efficient confirmation and patient safety.</li>
<li>Includes Nursing Drug Dosage Calculators to provide users with quick, portable confirmation of key drug calculations.</li>
</ul>The CD-ROM version of this handheld software is not Mac-compatible. All Mac users must purchase the downloadable version (ISBN 0-323-02723-7). See link to this product under "Companion Products".

Mosby's 2004 Nursing Drug Reference - CD-ROM PDA Software (Skidmore Nursing Drug Reference)

Every nurse and other health care professionals have "important" reference information that they carry along with them into the clinical setting. This PDA companion software gives rapid access to more than 1,300 generic and 4,500 trade name drugs - all at the tap of a stylus. It contains the same great features to promote safe medication administration and prevention of drug errors, including high alert drugs, "Tall man" spellings for easily confused drug names, specially grouped administration-route considerations, highlighted lifespan considerations, do-not-crush and nursing alert icons, hundreds of special new do-not-confuse headings, and overdose treatment. The PDA software is navigated using the MobiPocket ReaderPro, making it virtually platform-independent. The ReaderPro is small enough that it will not slow down even older devices, and it offers many useful built-in features, including full text search, annotation and highlighting capability, bookmarks with easy link-style navigation, adjustable font size, type, text alignment, and color, multiple indexes, removable memory card support, and a customizable toolbar.
<ul>
<li>The Similar Drug Names Database puts over 1,700 drug name pairs at the user's fingertips for quick, efficient confirmation and patient safety.</li>
<li>Nursing Drug Dosage Calculators provide users with quick, portable confirmation of key drug calculations.</li>
<li>All High Alert drugs are clearly identified to help nurses identify drugs most likely to cause patient harm.</li>
<li>Features more than 100 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may not be administered in crushed form.</li>
<li>Features Research headings to denote drugs involved in current key research studies. Features more than 1,100 complete drug monographs, plus: drug categories; syringe and IV compatibility guides; multiple, extensive indexes by drug name, diseases, and more; vaccines and toxoids; antitoxins and antivenins; more than 900 combination products; high-alert drugs; FDA pregnancy categories; and a controlled substances chart.</li>
<li>Organizes more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) in a comprehensive index for quick access.</li>
<li>Provides extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family.</li>
<li>Offers lifespan content via coverage of geriatric, pediatric, and pregnancy considerations throughout.</li>
<li>Highlights common and life-threatening side effects in different typefaces for easy identification, with side effects grouped by body system.</li>
<li>Highlights critical nursing considerations with a special Nursing Alert icon to identify considerations that require special attention.</li>
<li>Includes Do Not Confuse headings to identify over 1,700 reported pairs of easily confused drug names, each integrated into drug monographs for ease of access.</li>
<li>Features over 4,700 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products, denoted by an eye-catching icon.</li>
<li>Features boldface route subheadings (IM, PO, etc.) under the Dosage and Routes and the Administer monograph subheadings to help the user find information quickly.</li>
<li>Groups IV drug information under the monograph subheading Administer, with a boldface IV heading ensuring that all of the IV drug administration content is grouped together in one easy-to-find place.</li>
<li>Includes all drug compatibility information under the Administer monograph subheading to make this crucial information easy to locate.</li>
<li>Includes the names and uses of approximately 75 of the most commonly used herbal products.</li>
<li>Lists over 1,700 pairs of look-alike/sound-alike drug names have been integrated into a quick-reference appendix.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Contains approximately 20 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA to provide the very latest drug information.</li>
<li>Presents more than 2,000 new drug facts, including patient/family teaching guidelines as well as updated drug interactions, side effects, precautions, contraindications, and IV therapy facts.</li>
<li>Features new "Tall man" spellings for easily confused drug names in accordance with the latest FDA recommendations.</li>
<li>Includes more calculators.</li>
</ul>The CD-ROM version of this handheld software is not Mac-compatible. All Mac users must purchase the downloadable version (ISBN 0-323-02724-5). See link to this product under "Companion Products".

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