Mosby's 2000 Nursing Drug Database CD-Rom

Overview

This comprehensive, electronic drug database provides all essential data for administering the most common prescription and over-the-counter drugs. More than 1,300 generic and 4,500 trade name drugs are included. Based on Mosby's 2000 Nursing Drug Database CD-Rom, it contains approximately 50 new monographs for drugs recently approved by the FDA, as well as hundreds of updates to the existing monographs. Thoroughly revised and updated, it includes more than 1,000 new drug facts such as side effects, adverse reactions, precautions, interactions, contraindications, and IV therapy recommendations.

Features:

• Presents monographs for more than 1300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4500 names) in an alphabetical organization for quick clinical reference
• Provides extensive nursing considerations in a concise practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family
• Offers life span content via thorough coverage of geriatric, pediatric and pregnancy considerations
• Highlights common and life-threatening side effects listed in decreasing order of likelihood
• Features Nursing Alert icons to identify considerations that require special attention
• Features more than 100 Do Not Crush icons to denote drugs that may no be administered in crushed form
• Presents new drug monographs in a separate appendix to help the user distinguish them from previously released products
• Includes a separate section of drug category information that includes nursing considerations and a list of common generic drugs in each category
• Provides a complete clinical reference by including appendices of recent FDA drug approvals; ophthalmic, otic, nasal and topical products; combination products; rarely used drugs; FDA pregnancy categories; controlled substances; commonly used abbreviations; weight and equivalents; formulas for drug calculations; nomogram for calculation of body surface area; and commonly used antibiotics in adults and children
• Provides a Syringe Compatibility Chart and an IV Drug /Solution Compatibility Chart
• Includes free Internet updates at www.mosby.com to provide users with the latest drug alerts, abbreviated new drug monographs, tables of recently released U.S. and Canadian drugs, and links to useful drug-related websites
• Features a 30-day free trial of the full collection of clinical reference information on CD-ROM

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