Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses delivers comprehensive, up-to-date drug information in nursing-focused monographs. This edition offers more high alert and patient safety coverage and new Pedi, Geri, OB and Lactation headings throughout the monographs.
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The app features photographs of tablets and capsules to help nurses identify medications quickly. In addition, the book indicates high-alert drugs with a red tab and includes the steps of the nursing process in each monograph.
Medications in Therapeutic Classes
A streamlined layout and easy-to-read mini drug monographs give you the essential information you need to administer drugs safely and effectively. The Medications at a Glance section identifies the most important clinical considerations for each medication. In addition, a new Appendix on the QT interval and arrhythmia torsades de pointes makes it easier to identify drugs that can prolong the heart’s electrical activity and increase the risk of life-threatening side effects.
Medications are organized alphabetically by generic and trade names in the monographs. Detailed drug information includes patient education, nursing considerations, dosage adjustments, pharmacology/pharmacokinetics, side effects, and more. Black box warnings, a REMS icon, and extensive patient safety coverage help you confidently deliver safe care.
Expanded supplemental content in 14 appendices enhances your understanding of the pharmacology and drug administration. Plus, more Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation headings, IV administration cautions, and pharmacogenomic content help you address the diverse needs of patients across the lifespan.
High Alert Medications
Although every medication has the potential to cause harm if administered incorrectly, certain medications present a greater risk of doing so than others. These are known as high alert medications. The medications most often involved in harm during administration are chemotherapy drugs, antiretroviral agents, pediatric solutions and insulin. Consequently, nurses need to pay particular attention to these medications.
Based on error reports submitted to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program, a review of the literature and input from practitioners and safety experts, ISMP has developed a list of potentially high-alert medications. Several strategies to reduce errors related to these medications are highlighted, including development of organization-specific lists for guiding practice and implementation of independent double-checks when working with these drugs.
With its nursing-focused ‘Cure & Care’ approach, Davis?s Drug Guide for Nurses delivers the information nurses need to administer medications safely across the lifespan – well-organized monographs on hundreds of generic and thousands of trade names. Its essential features include:
Medication Safety Tools
Medication reconciliation during patient care transitions, such as admission and discharge, and in the ambulatory setting, is critical to safe medication administration. It can prevent errors of omission, duplication, incorrect dose or timing, and adverse drug-drug, drug-food, or drug-natural product interactions.
It is recommended by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that nurses perform independent double checks on key high-alert medications such as anticoagulants, insulins, and chemotherapeutic agents. This new edition includes a photo guide to 396 common tablets and capsules to support these double check processes.
Other safety features include a red tab for high alert medications and in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage; Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation cautions; REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon; and pharmacogenomic content. In addition, a unique format for intravenous drugs provides the nurse with essential information needed for the safe administration of these medications. Dedicated no distraction zones and do not disturb signs over medication preparation areas help reduce interruptions that can lead to administration errors.
Patient Teaching
Whether patients need instructions on how to inject insulin, bathe an infant, or change a colostomy pouching system, nurses have the unique ability to educate their patients on the necessary steps for achieving and maintaining wellness. Patient teaching is an integral part of the nurses job, and a vital component to the patients recovery.
Daviss Drug Guide for Nurses, 18th Edition provides comprehensive and up-to-date drug information in well-organized nursing-focused monographs. This is an ideal resource for students and nurses seeking to understand how drugs work, their side effects, and how they are administered in the hospital setting. Medications are organized by therapeutic class, and the Cure & Care nursing-focused format provides an easy-to-use reference for the student and practicing nurse.
