Nursing 2024 Drug Handbook

THE #1 Drug Guide for nurses & other clinicians…always dependable, and always up to date!

Now in its 44th edition, Nursing 2024 Drug Handbook  delivers the most current nursing-focused information on more than 3,800 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs in an easy-to-use A-Z format.

Brand new features added to this nursing drug handbook:

• NEW! Includes 21 brand-new FDA-approved drugs—tabbed and conveniently grouped in a handy “NEW DRUGS” section for easy retrieval 
• NEW! Thousands of clinical updates—new dosages and indications, FDA boxed warnings, genetic-related information, adverse reactions, nursing considerations, clinical alerts, and patient teaching information 
• Special focus on U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns 
• Photoguide insert with images of 415 commonly prescribed tablets and capsules 

Plus FREE additional resources available on Lippincott NursingCenter®:

• Monthly FDA updates and news
  • Newly approved drugs
  • New indications and dosages
  • Drug warnings
  • News abstracts
• Medication safety information
  • Types of medication errors, including causes and common errors
  • Preventing and reducing medication errors
  • Reporting medication errors
  • Real-life stories of medication errors

Additional features and benefits of this nursing drug handbook:

• Complete monographs on 690 drugs focusing on key drug information nurses need to know: 
  • Available forms 
  • Indications & dosages (with dosage adjustments for special populations) 
  • Administration (all applicable routes covered) 
  • Mechanism of action 
  • Adverse reactions 
  • Interactions (drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lifestyle) 
  • Effects on lab test results 
  • Contraindications & cautions 
  • Pregnancy-lactation-reproduction concerns 
  • Nursing considerations 
  • Patient Teaching 
• Prominent logos for clinical alerts, FDA boxed warnings, overdose signs & symptoms, genetic implications, look alike-sound alike drugs
• Special tabbed section featuring 21 New Drugs 
• 27 handy appendices covering: 
  • Drug safety and error prevention 
  • Drug lists grouped by therapeutic class and other categories (antidiarrheals, antidotes, biologicals, laxatives, ophthalmics, vaccines, vitamins & minerals, OTCs, combination drugs, less commonly used drugs) 
  • Drug schedules (U.S. and Canada) 
  • Medication decision tree, drug monitoring guidelines 
• Photoguide insert featuring 415 full-size pill images