Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses

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Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 20th Edition is the most trusted drug reference for nursing students and professionals, delivering everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan. Built on a unique ‘Cure & Care’ approach, it provides well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names, emphasizing what each drug does (Cure) and the nurse’s role in administration and monitoring (Care). This comprehensive resource ensures patient safety with high-alert medication markers, life-threatening side effects in red bold text, REMS icons for risky drugs, and clear guidance on drug interactions. Special population considerations are integrated for pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy (OB), lactation, and reproductive-age patients.

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, 20th Edition delivers everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan-well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. Its nursing-focused ‘Cure & Care’ approach makes it the ideal resource for both student and practicing nurses by delivering exactly what they need to know to provide the very best care for their patients. ‘Cure’ explains what the drug does, while ‘Care’ describes what the nurse does and how the nursing process relates to the pharmacotherapeutics.
LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE AT A GLANCE
* #1 Drug Guide for patient safety
* Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alerts and patient safety coverage
* Red, bold, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects
* REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon
* Drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions
* Special considerations for patient populations
* Geri heading identifies special concerns for older adults, including the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially
* Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
* OB and Lact headings highlight information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients
* Pedi heading identifies concerns for children
* Rep heading identifies considerations for patients of reproductive age
* IV Administration subheads
* Pharmacogenomic content
* Maple leaf icon to identify Canadian-specific c