Mosby's Canadian Nursing Drug Reference
- 2nd Edition - July 13, 2020
- Latest edition
- Authors: Linda Skidmore-Roth, Faith Richardson
- Language: English
The only truly Canadian adaptation of the first name in drug references! Mosby's® Canadian Nursing Drug Reference, 2nd Edition makes it easy for you to find the latest, most vit… Read more
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Description
Description
The only truly Canadian adaptation of the first name in drug references! Mosby's® Canadian Nursing Drug Reference, 2nd Edition makes it easy for you to find the latest, most vital dosing and administration information on more than 5,000 Health-Canada-approved drugs. This portable, full-colour handbook emphasizes patient safety throughout with special !Warnings for potentially lethal reactions and alerts for clinical situations requiring special attention. Designed to help you develop clinical reasoning in practice and think critically in the classroom, this unique nursing drug reference is perfect for use at home and on the job. The companion Evolve website includes classroom-friendly documents showing how to read drug references, descriptions of drug family classifications, therapeutic uses, overarching cautions, critical thinking/clinical judgement exercises, and more!
Key features
Key features
- UNIQUE! Biohazard alerts are included to keep you safe when administering medications.
- More than 5,000 generic and trade-name drugs are profiled, covering almost every drug you will administer in practice or in clinicals.
- Logical alphabetical organization by generic name provides quick and easy access to specific drugs, and a full-colour design highlights important information.
- Logical organization of adverse effects organized by body system, are identified as common or life threatening, and show signs to watch for during assessments.
- Nursing process steps are used as the framework for organizing all nursing care information.
- Complete pharmacokinetic information includes the mechanism and absorption of the drug, as well as its action, duration, and excretion.
- Coverage of IV drug administration highlights dosage and IV administration instructions, including safety considerations and Y-site, syringe, and additive compatibilities.
- !Warning feature icon alerts you to important information.
- Nurse Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side-effects that you must be aware of during clinicals.
- High-alert Canadian medications are threaded throughout the text.
- Health-Canada–recommended vaccines and immune globulins appear throughout the text.
- Canadian controlled substances are discussed throughout the text.
- SI units are included throughout the text for easy reference.
- Comprehensive Canadian appendices are helpful for both clinical practice and nursing education.
- Flexible, water-resistant cover provides durability in the clinical setting.
Table of contents
Table of contents
INDIVIDUAL DRUG MONOGRAPHS
APPENDIXES
Quick labs for medication management
Collaborative medication management
Ophthalmic and topical products; rectal suppositories
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE)
Vaccines and Immune Globulins available in Canada
Medication metabolism: cytochrome P450 enzymes and inhibitors, inducers and substrates
Medications and prolonged QT interval
Insulin, insulin analogues, and non-insulin diabetic medications
Medications for pain, delirium, and palliative approach
Older Persons, polypharmacy, and adverse drug events (ADEs)
INDEX
EVOLVE WEBSITE
• Additional Monographs
• Truth and Reconciliation Pathway
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: December 4, 2023
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
LS
Linda Skidmore-Roth
FR
Faith Richardson
Dr. Faith Richardson, DNP RN, a clinician with an academic and research background, has developed and taught courses in undergraduate and graduate programs (Nursing, Counselling Psychology), including advanced practice (CNS) gerontology. Her doctoral dissertation research involved an Action Research project with the aim of increasing voice in practice with older adults in Assisted Living and Residential Care. Academic research and scholarship focused on promoting positive aging. Dr. Richardson has taught pharmacology to nursing students of various levels and is the author of Mosby's Canadian Nursing Drug Reference.
Dr. Richardson also holds an MCS/MA from Regent College, Vancouver.