Davis's Drug Guide For Nurses

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Davis’s Canadian 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. Includes Canadian specific content: monographs on drugs approved for use in Canada that are not FDA-approved for use in the US, additional Canadian trade names for many US-approved generic drugs identified by maple leaf icon, a summary of the similiarities and differences between pharmaceutical practices in the US and Canada, and Canadian educators and reviewers. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments CONSULTANTS Reviewers Canadian Reviewers Contents HOW TO USE DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE FOR NURSES EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: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 The Pediatric Patient The Older Adult Patient The Patient of Reproductive Age Renal Impairment Hepatic Impairment Heart Failure Body Size Drug Interactions THE CYTOCHROME P450 SYSTEM: What Is It and Why Should I Care? 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 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z DRUGS APPROVED IN CANADA NATURAL/HERBAL PRODUCTS MEDICATION SAFETY TOOLS 1367-1368_DDG17E_app_toc.1367_1368 APPENDICES Appendix A Recent Drug Approvals Appendix B Combination Drugs Appendix C Ophthalmic Medications Appendix D Medication Administration Techniques Appendix E Administering Medications to Children Appendix F Formulas Helpful for Calculating Doses Appendix G Pediatric Dosage Calculations Appendix H Normal Values of Common Laboratory Tests Appendix I Controlled Substance Schedules Appendix J Equianalgesic Dosing Guidelines Appendix K Food Sources for Specific Nutrients Appendix L Insulins and Insulin Therapy Appendix M Differences in US and Candian Pharmaceutical Practices Appendix N Routine Pediatric and Adult Immunizations BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPREHENSIVE GENERIC/TRADE/CLASSIFICATIONS INDEX