Davis’s drug guide for nurses

Delivers all of the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan -- well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs. --Publisher's description. TITLE PAGE 4 Copyright Page 5 DEDICATION 6 CONSULTANTS 7 F. A. DAVIS PHARMACOLOGICPUBLICATIONS ADVISORY BOARD 8 F.A. DAVIS CANADIAN ADVISORY BOARD 9 CONTENTS 10 HOW TO USE DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDEFOR NURSES 12 EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE ANDPHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: Implications for Nurses 17 PHARMACOGENOMICS 20 MEDICATION ERRORS: Improving Practices and Patient Safety 23 DETECTING AND MANAGING ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS 29 OVERVIEW OF RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS (REMS) 33 SPECIAL DOSING CONSIDERATIONS 34 The Pediatric Patient 34 The Geriatric Patient 34 The Patient of Reproductive Age 35 Renal Disease 35 Liver Disease 35 Heart Failure 35 Body Size 35 Drug Interactions 36 EDUCATING PATIENTS ABOUT SAFE MEDICATION USE 37 CLASSIFICATIONS 40 ANTI-ALZHEIMER’S AGENTS 40 ANTIANEMICS 41 ANTIANGINALS 42 ANTIANXIETY AGENTS 42 ANTIARRHYTHMICS 44 ANTIASTHMATICS 45 ANTICHOLINERGICS 46 ANTICOAGULANTS 47 ANTICONVULSANTS 49 ANTIDEPRESSANTS 50 ANTIDIABETICS 52 ANTIDIARRHEALS 54 ANTIEMETICS 55 ANTIFUNGALS 56 ANTIHISTAMINES 57 ANTIHYPERTENSIVES 58 ANTI-INFECTIVES 60 ANTINEOPLASTICS 61 ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS 63 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS 64 ANTIPSYCHOTICS 65 ANTIPYRETICS 67 ANTIRETROVIRALS 68 ANTIRHEUMATICS 69 ANTITUBERCULARS 70 ANTIULCER AGENTS 71 ANTIVIRALS 73 BETA BLOCKERS 74 BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORS 76 BRONCHODILATORS 77 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS 78 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS 80 CORTICOSTEROIDS 81 DIURETICS 83 HORMONES 84 IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS 85 LAXATIVES 86 LIPID-LOWERING AGENTS 88 MINERALS/ELECTROLYTES/pH MODIFIERS 89 NATURAL/HERBAL PRODUCTS 89 NONOPIOID ANALGESICS 90 NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS 91 OPIOID ANALGESICS 93 SEDATIVE/HYPNOTICS 94 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS 96 THROMBOLYTICS 97 VACCINES/IMMUNIZING AGENTS 98 VASCULAR HEADACHE SUPPRESSANTS 99 VITAMINS 100 WEIGHT CONTROL AGENTS 101 DRUG MONOGRAPHS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY GENERIC NAME 104 Drugs Approved in Canada 1306 Natural/Herbal Products 1332 MEDICATION SAFETY TOOLS 1354 APPENDICES 1370 Recent Drug Approvals 1372 Combination Drugs 1381 Ophthalmic Medications 1400 Medication Administration Techniques 1408 Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses 1411 Body Surface Area Nomograms 1413 Normal Values of Common LaboratoryTests 1414 Commonly Used Abbreviations 1417 Pregnancy Categories 1419 Controlled Substances Schedules 1420 Equianalgesic Dosing Guidelines 1422 Recommendations for the Safe Handlingof Hazardous Drugs 1425 Food Sources for Specific Nutrients 1427 Insulins and Insulin Therapy 1429 Canadian and U.S. PharmaceuticalPractices 1431 Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations 1433 Administering Medications to Children 1440 Pediatric Dosage Calculations 1441 Pediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Requirements 1442 Early Management of Anaphylactic Reactions 1443 The Cytochrome P450 System: What Is Itand Why Should I Care? 1444 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1447 COMPREHENSIVE INDEX 1448 Uploaded by [StormRG] 1489 Blank Page 2 How to use Davis's drug guide for nurses -- Evidence-based practice and pharmaceutics implications for nurses -- Pharmacogenomics -- Medication errors: improving practices and patient safety -- Detecting and managing adverse drug reactions -- Overview of risk evaluation and mitigation systems (REMS) -- Special Dosing Considerations: -- Pediatric patient -- Geriatric patient -- Patient of reproductive age -- Renal disease -- Liver disease -- Heart failure -- Body size -- Drug interactions -- Educating Patients About Safe Medication Use -- Classifications: -- Anti-Alzheimer's agents -- Antianemics -- Antianginals -- Antianxiety agents -- Antiarrhythmics -- Antiasthmatics -- Anticholinergics -- Anticoagulants -- Anticonvulsants -- Antidepressants -- Antidiabetics -- Antidiarrheals -- Antiemetics -- Antifungals -- Antihistamines -- Antihypertensives -- Anti-infectives -- Antineoplastics -- Antiparkinson agents -- Antiplatelet agents -- Antipsychotics -- Antipyretics -- Antiretrovirals -- Antirheumatics -- Antituberculars -- Antiulcer agents -- Antivirals -- Beta blockers -- Bone resorption inhibitors -- Bronchodilators -- Calcium channel blockers -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Corticosteroids -- Diuretics -- Hormones -- Immunosuppressants -- Laxatives -- Lipid lowering agents -- Minerals/electrolytes/pH modifiers -- Natural/herbal products -- Nonopioid analgesics -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents -- Opioid analgesics -- Sedative/hypnotics -- Skeletal muscle relaxants -- Thrombolytics -- Vaccines/immunizing agents -- Vascular headache suppressants -- Vitamins -- Weight control agents -- Drug Monographs In Alphabetical Order By Generic Name -- Drugs Approved In Canada -- Natural/Herbal Products -- Medication Safety Tools -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Recent drug approvals -- Appendix B: Combination drugs -- Appendix C: Ophthalmic medications -- Appendix D: Medication administration techniques -- Appendix E: Formulas helpful for calculating doses -- Appendix F: Body surface area nomograms -- Appendix G: Normal values of common laboratory tests -- Appendix H: Commonly used abbreviations -- Appendix I: Pregnancy categories -- Appendix J: Controlled substance schedules -- Appendix K: Equianalgesic dosing guidelines -- Appendix L: Recommendations for the safe handling of hazardous drugs -- Appendix M: Food sources for specific nutrients -- Appendix N: Insulins and insulin therapy -- Appendix O: Canadian and U S pharmaceutical practices -- Appendix P: Routine pediatric and adult immunizations -- Appendix Q: Administering medications to children -- Appendix R: Pediatric dosage calculations -- Appendix S: Pediatric fluid and electrolyte requirements -- Appendix T: Early management of anaphylactic reactions -- Appendix U: Cytochrome P450 System -- Bibliography -- Comprehensive generic/trade/classifications index.