Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs 12e, 12th Edition

• Easy-to-use format – search for drugs by therapeutic class or body system
• All the important information nurses need – poisons information, formulae for calculations of drug doses and drip rates
• Nursing considerations such as patient safety, administration advice and cautions
• Drug monographs include active ingredient and trade names, available forms, action, use, dosage, adverse effects and interactions
• Patient education and advice notes to improve patient care and outcomes
• A separate durable pocket card suitable for attaching to a lanyard with formulae, useful units and concentrations, and common abbreviations
• Available in print and eBook

New to this edition

• Each drug reviewed to ensure its relevance for nurses in Australia
• Chapter introductions updated citing the latest evidence, in a language that promotes nurse and nursing student understanding
• Updated icons offering a quick visual guide, helping readers locate key drug information including pregnancy and breastfeeding safety, crushability, dosage adjustments, and considerations for older adults and in sports
• Therapeutic Goods Administration drug scheduling incorporated specifically for Schedule 8 medications

Introduction
At a Glance
General Patient Teaching and Advice
Reviewers

1. Acne treatment 
2. Analgesics and nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs NSAID
3. Anorectics and weight-loss agents
4. Anthelmintics  
5. Antialzheimer's agents 
6. Antianginal agents  
7. Antianxiety agents  
8. Antiarrhythmic agents  
9. Antiasthma agents, bronchodilators and respiratory agents
10. Antibacterial agents 
11. Anticoagulant and antithrombotic agents 
12. Antidepressants 
13. Antidiabetic agents 
14. Antidiarrhoeal agents 
15. Antidotes, antagonists and chelating agents
16. Antiemetic agents 
17. Antiepileptics 
18. Antifungal agents 
19. Antiglaucoma agents  
20. Antigout and uricolytic agents 
21. Antihistamines
22. Antihypertensive agents 
23. Antimalarial agents
24. Antimigraine agents 
25. Antimycobacterial agents 
26. Antineoplastic agents 
27. Antineoplastic support agents
28. Antiparkinson's agents 
29. Antiplatelet agents
30. Antiprotozoal agents
31. Antipsychotic and mood stabilising agents 
32. Antiulcer agents  
33. Antiviral agents 
34. Bladder function disorder agents
35. Bone and calcium regulating agents
36. Cardiac glycosides 
37. Cholinergic and anticholinergic agents
38. Corticosteroids
39. Cough suppressants, expectorants and mucolytics
40. Dermatological agents 
41. Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs
42. Diuretics 
43. Drug dependence
44. Erectile dysfunction agents
45. Eye, ear, nose and throat agents
46. Fibrinolytic agents 
47. Gastrointestinal agents miscellaneous
48. General anaesthetics 
49. Haemopoietic agents  
50. Haemostatics 
51. Hypothalamic and pituitary hormones
52. Immunomodifiers
53. Laxatives
54. Lipid regulating agents 
55. Local anaesthetics
56. Metabolic disorders agents
57. Movement disorders agents
58. Muscle relaxants
59. Neuromuscularblocking agents
60. Opioid analgesics 
61. Pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding
62. Pulmonary hypertension agents
63. Sedatives and hypnotics 
64. Sex hormones 
65. Stimulants
66. Sympathomimetic agents
67. Thyroid and antithyroid agents
68. Vaccines, immunoglobulins and antivenoms
69. Vasodilators
70. Vitamins, minerals and electrolytes
71. Antacids  

Miscellaneous agents
Appendix 1: Poisoning and its treatment
Appendix 2: Poisons information centres
Appendix 3: Changes to drug names
Bibliography
Index

Adriana Tiziani, RN, BSc(Mon), Dip Ed(Melb), MEdSt(Mon), MRCNA, Course Director, Postgraduate Studies in Wound Care, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia, Mary Bushell, BPharm (Hons), GCLTHE, PhD, Kobi Schutz, BN, MPubHlth, GradCertEd, Lecturer in Nursing and Undergraduate Deputy Course Coordinator Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory and Shaunagh Darroch, BSc, MPharm,GradCertAcaPrac, Pharmacologist, Melbourne, Victoria,Australia