Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students

Linda Skidmore-Roth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

1184 Seiten

2026 | 17th edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-38552-0 (ISBN)

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Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students, 17th Edition provides concise profiles of more than 4,000 generic and trade name drugs, including the drugs most recently approved by the FDA. Each drug monograph includes clear guidelines to dosing, administration, and the nursing process, so you'll always be sure that you're prioritizing medication safety. What sets this handbook apart is its detailed coverage of rationales and explanations, IV drugs, and the similarities and differences in common classes of drugs. From well-known nursing and pharmacology expert Linda Skidmore-Roth, this drug guide has been trusted by nursing students for more than 25 years!

. Offers the most update-to-date dosage information, researched adverse effects, Black Box Warnings, nursing considerations and patient education so students have access to the best evidence-based medicine. . Content on more than 4,000 generic and trade name drugs providing coverage for almost every drug a student is likely to encounter in clinicals. . Black Box warning feature alerts students to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactions. . Safety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side-effects that students must be aware of during clinicals. . Bold heading and details on IV drug administration so students can easily find appropriate dosage and IV administration instructions to help them administer these drugs safely. . Logical organization of side effects information: organized by body system and are identified as common or life threatening, showing nurses what signs to watch for during assessments. . Nursing Process steps used as the framework to organize all nursing care information helps students learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into their clinical experiences. . Logical alphabetical organization by generic name with both trade and generic names in the index, which gives users quick access to specific drugs. . Complete pharmacokinetic information organized in a table and explains the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as the action, duration and excretion of the drug. . All of the drugs found in the appendixes have cross-reference headers in the body of the book, making it easier for users to find the drug content they need quickly and makes it less likely that a user will think a drug is missing if it is not in the body of the book.

NEW! Up-to-date coverage includes 20-30 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs and content on the latest drug therapies.
NEW! Special QR code links to a website containing additional online-only drug monographs.

Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP has been the lead author of Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference for more than 25 years and as such is synonymous with the Mosby imprint as a trusted name in nursing pharmacology information

Drug Categories
Alpha-adrenergic blockers
Anesthetics - general/local
Antacids
Anti-alzheimer agents
Antianginals
Antianxiety agents
Antiasthmatics
Anticholinergics
Anticoagulants
Anticonvulsants
Antidepressants
Antidiabetics
Antidiarrheals
Antidysrhythmics
Antiemetics
Antifungals (systemic)
Antihistamines
Antihypertensives
Antiinfectives
Antilipidemics
Antineoplastics
Antiparkinson agents
Antiplatelets
Antipsychotics
Antipyretics
Antiretrovirals
Antituberculars
Antitussives/expectorants
Antivirals
Beta-adrenergic blockers
Bone resorption inhibitors
Calcium channel blockers
Cardiac glycosides
Cholinergics
Cholinergic blocker
Corticosteroids
Diuretics
Histamine H2 antagonists
Immunosuppressants
Laxatives
Neuromuscular blocking agents
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories
Opioid analgesics
Salicylates
Sedatives/hypnotics
Skeletal muscle relaxants
Thrombolytics
Thyroid hormones
Vasodilators
Vitamins

Individual Drugs in A-Z Format

Appendices
A. Selected new drugs
B. Recent FDA drug approvals
C. Ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products
D. Vaccines and toxoids
E. Antitoxins and antivenins
F. Herbal products
G. Combination products
H. Medications that may be inappropriate for geriatric patients
I. Drugs metabolized by known P450s
J. Safety in handling chemotherapeutic agents
K. High-alert drugs
L. Controlled substance chart
M. Immunization schedules for children and adolescents
N. FDA pregnancy categories
O. Weights and equivalents
P. Abbreviations

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 210 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
ISBN-10	0-443-38552-1 / 0443385521
ISBN-13	978-0-443-38552-0 / 9780443385520
Zustand	Neuware