Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses Seventeenth Edition by April Hazard Vallerand

#1 DRUG BOOK for Nursing Students! “This is the perfect drug book for nursing school! All the information on the meds is in-depth and all that you need to know.”—Abby W.

SAFETY FIRST!

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, Seventeenth Edition delivers all the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs.

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

Redeem the access code to unlock your one-year, free subscription to DrugGuide.com, Davis’s Drug Guide Online, powered by Unbound Medicine. You’ll have access to more than 1,700 monographs from your desktop, laptop, or any mobile device with a web browser.

    Search the complete 5,000-drug database and appendices quickly and efficiently.
    Build your knowledge with extensively cross-referenced drugs.
    Keep up to date with FDA drug news.

LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE .. AT A GLANCE

    New! The AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
    #1 Drug Guide for patient safety
        Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage
        Red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects
        REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon
        Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions
    Special considerations for patient populations.
        Geri heading identifies special concerns for 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
    Canadian-specific content
    In-depth guidance for patient and family teaching

FREE LEARNING, CARE PLANNING, AND PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS

Online at FADavis.com

    Audio Library of 1,200+ drug names help you pronounce important terms
    Two tutorials, each with a self-test
        Preventing Medication Errors
        Psychotropic Drugs
    Easy-to-Use Calculators
        Body mass index (BMI)
        Metric conversions
        IV drip rates
        Dosage/KG
        Fahrenheit/Celsius
    Interactive Case Studies – brief, real-life scenarios that are followed by a series of questions
    Audio podcasts delivering information on…
        Risk Evaluation Mitigation Systems (REMS)
        How to use Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®
        Detecting and managing ADRs
        Evidence-based practice and Pharmacotherapeutics
        Pharmacogenomics
        Medication errors
        Special dosing considerations
        Educating patients about Safe Medication Use Video clips illustrating the safe administration of medications ONLINE REVIEWS OF THE 16TH EDITION OF DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES
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