Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2001 (Book with Mini CD-Rom for Windows

-- 10th anniversary edition -- Features a revised design that highlights the most essential information: generic name, pronunciation, brand name, fixed combinations, classification, IV administration, IV incompatibilities, and adverse reactions.-- New color atlas of medications includes color photos of more than 125 medications-- Two New appendixes: antidotes and drugs that look or sound alike.This accessible and reliable drug handbook has been completely redesigned to make it an easy-to-use source of current drug information for the busy nurse. Organized to provide essential information for thousands of medications and helping the nurse provide better patient care, this portable handbook presents drug monographs in alphabetical order by generic name. The very latest FDA-approved drugs are featured; and a section that describes 55 drug classification categories, with the actions, uses, side effects, interactions, and nursing implications, is also included.-- Utilizes a New functional order of headings that follows a logical clinical progression.-- Features New herbal interactions subheadings within the drug monographs and an expanded herbal therapies appendix.-- Includes New dosage variations for patients who require variations in dosages.-- Percentages of side effects are expanded and documented.-- Includes extensively expanded IV content.-- A New drug supplement contains abbreviated monographs on the latest FDA-approved drugs released in late spring 2001.-- Identifies top 200 drugs with a special logo-- New color tabbed sections differentiate each distinct section-- Drug monographs are listed alphabetically by generic drug name, withA-to-Z tabs, to provide quick and easy access.-- Side effects are listed by frequency.-- The foldout IV Compatibility Chart gives compatibility information for over 100 intravenous drugs.-- Nursing implications are organized according to the Nursing Process