Davis Drug Guide for Nurses with Integrated Calculator

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses with Integrated Calculators, based on Davis's Drug Guide (FA Davis Co), is a remarkable advance in drug reference. DDGNIC contains the entire content of the Davis's Drug Guide (10th Edition) - and has Integrated Calculation tools with all weight based medications. The 10th Edition has been extensively updated and is now more resourceful than ever! This product is focused on patient safety with critical information about vulnerable populations, including expanded pediatric information with new indications and dosing recommendations. High-alert drugs and life-threatening side effects are now visually highlighted.

This product merges many of the advantages of weight based drug dosing calculation with a comprehensive drug reference. The user should review the integrated critical care infusion calculators for items such as dopamine, nitroglycerin, amiodarone, and over 30 other common critical care medications. The flashing red calculator icon alerts the user when looking up a drug that a calculator is available.

DDGNIC includes over 5000 trade and generic drugs, nearly 140 drug classifications, over 1700 drug monographs, 700 commonly used combination drugs, and 400 integrated calculators. Extensive cross-linking has been implemented between drugs, and users can search Main, Generic, Trade, Therapeutic, Pharmacologic, and Eye Medications indexes.

Monographs include:
• Action of Drug
• Adverse Reactions
• Assessment of Therapy
• Availability
• Classification
• Contraindication/Precautions
• Dose/Route
• Drug Name
• Evaluation of Therapy
• Implementation of Therapy
• Indications
• Interactions
• Patient/Family Teaching
• Pharmacokinetics
• Potential Nursing Diagnoses
• Pregnancy Category

Additional content includes:
• Abbreviations
• Administering Medications to Children
• Administration Techniques
• Combination Drugs
• Controlled Substances Info
• Conversion of Units Calculators
• Dietary Guidelines
• Drug Classifications
• Equinalgesic Dosing Guidelines
• Fentanyl Transderm Conversion
• Hazardous Drugs
• Immunizations
• Insulins and Insulin Therapy
• Laboratory Values
• Medication Errors
• Medications to Use with Caution
• Narcotic Equivalency Info
• Natural/Herbal Products
• Ophthalmic Medications
• Pediatric Dosage Calculations
• Pediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Requirements
• Pregnancy Category Information
• Special Dosing Considerations
• IV information including dose, dilution, syringe/Y-site/additive/solution compatibility and incompatibility, rate, intermittent/continuous infusion, precautions, and more.

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