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DIVbThe Best-Selling Nursing Drug Reference - More Than 5 Million Sold! /bbrbr The bNursing 2011 Drug Handbook with Online Toolkit/b, the newest edition of the drug guide trusted by practicing nurses and nursing students for over 30 years, is what you need to keep your patients safe and your drug knowledge current.brbr Comprehensive coverage of bover 3,300/b generic and trade name drugs - including new monographs for b39/b new FDA-approved drugs - put the drug information you need at your fingertips. bOrganized by therapeutic class AND alphabetical index, with over 1,300/b drug information updates, this handbook helps you prevent drug errors and administer medications safely and accurately. brbr bPutting the focus on patient safety/b brbr Patient safety is your number one priority, and the Nursing 2011Drug Handbook is packed with "need to know" drug safety tools and information, including: pul lidetailed drug monographs that include pronunciation, pharmacologic class, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule, available forms, indications and dosages, administration (with I.V. incompatibilities), action, adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications and cautions, nursing considerations, and patient teaching /li li"Tall Man" lettering to identify select FDA-designated sound-alike generic drug names /li lian "Overdose Signs Symptoms" symbol that identifies signs of possible overdose appendices on proper drug administration and interactions./li liFDA Black Box warnings/li li"Safety Alert!" labels for drugs that present heightened avoidable dangers for the patient or nurse/li li"Alert" logos to help avoid common medication errors/li lia Safe Drug Administration chapter with best practices for error prevention/li /ul/pbr bOnline drug information and resources ... just a click away!/b brbr The Handbook's Online Toolkit is a powerhouse of valuable tools that promote drug safety and enhance your nursing knowledge, including: pul lifull monographs for the 200 most commonly prescribed drugs/li lidrug safety and administration videos /li linursing process information for all drugs included in the text/li limechanisms of action information /li lipatient-teaching handouts/li lidosage calculator, audio drug pronunciation guide, and much more!/li /ul/pbr And staying up-to-date on the latest drug information is easy. Go to the bNDHnow.com/b website for the Nursing 2011 Drug Handbook for bFREE monthly drug updates, news and other important information!/b /div
