Evolve Resources for Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students, 16th Edition

• o Offers the most update-to-date dosage information, researched adverse effects, Black Box Warnings, nursing considerations and patient education so students have access to the best evidence-based medicine. • o Content on more than 4,000 generic and trade name drugs providing coverage for almost every drug a student is likely to encounter in clinicals. • o Black Box warning feature alerts students to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactions. • o Safety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side-effects that students must be aware of during clinicals. • o Bold heading and details on IV drug administration so students can easily find appropriate dosage and IV administration instructions to help them administer these drugs safely. • o Logical organization of side effects information: organized by body system and are identified as common or life threatening, showing nurses what signs to watch for during assessments. • o Nursing Process steps used as the framework to organize all nursing care information helps students learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into their clinical experiences. • o Logical alphabetical organization by generic name with both trade and generic names in the index, which gives users quick access to specific drugs. • o Complete pharmacokinetic information organized in a table and explains the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as the action, duration and excretion of the drug. • o All of the drugs found in the appendixes have cross-reference headers in the body of the book, making it easier for users to find the drug content they need quickly and makes it less likely that a user will think a drug is missing if it is not in the body of the book.

• Provides 20-30 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs and up-to-date content on the latest drug therapies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Tentative Table of Contents Drug categories Alpha-adrenergic blockers Anesthetics--general/local Antacids Anti-alzheimer agents Antianginals Antianxiety agents Antiasthmatics Anticholinergics Anticoagulants Anticonvulsants Antidepressants Antidiabetics Antidiarrheals Antidysrhythmics Antiemetics Antifungals (systemic) Antihistamines Antihypertensives Antiinfectives Antilipidemics Antineoplastics Antiparkinson agents Antiplatelets Antipsychotics Antipyretics Antiretrovirals Antituberculars Antitussives/expectorants Antivirals Beta-adrenergic blockers Bone resorption inhibitors Calcium channel blockers Cardiac glycosides Cholinergics Cholinergic blockers Corticosteroids Diuretics Histamine H2 antagonists Immunosuppressants Laxatives Neuromuscular blocking agents Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories Opioid analgesics Salicylates Sedatives/hypnotics Skeletal muscle relaxants Thrombolytics Thyroid hormones Vasodilators Vitamins Individual drugs in A-Z Format Appendices A. Selected new drugs B. Recent FDA drug approvals C. Ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products D. Vaccines and toxoids E. Antitoxins and antivenins F. Herbal products G. Combination products H. Medications that may be inappropriate for geriatric patients I. Drugs metabolized by known P450’s J. Safety in handling chemotherapeutic agents K. High-alert drugs L. Controlled substance chart M. Immunization schedules for children and adolescents N. FDA pregnancy categories O. Weights and equivalents P. Abbreviations

Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP, Consultant, Littleton, Colorado; Former Nursing Faculty, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas