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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Davis Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

Davis's Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests 2.0, based on Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (2nd Edition), is the ideal reference for medical/nursing students, physicians and nurses alike. This easy-to-consult product contains over 400 monographs covering in excess of 650 tests including Alzheimer’s markers, cancer markers, expanded therapeutic drugs, communicable diseases, and much more. This reference manual provides the comprehensive experience of nursing, clinical laboratory, and radiology specialists at your fingertips.

The Second Edition is designed for practical day-to-day use:


* Headings separate content within monographs into easily accessible information segments.

* Includes concise explanations of the most common diagnostic tests.

* Nursing implications allow users to quickly check pre-test requirements, intratest procedures and monitoring, and post-test care.

* Critical values with life-threatening or serious implications are visually highlighted.

* Reference ranges are in conventional and SI units, accompanied by the SI conversion factor.

* An exhaustive index facilitates finding a test by any of its acronyms, synonyms, or abbreviations, and incorporates diseases and disorders.

* Tables group lab and diagnostic tests by system.

* The ‘More’ section contains:

o Guidelines for age-specific communication

o Natural products (Effects on tests)

o Nursing diagnoses (Associated with tests)

o Patient prep for tests

o Standard precautions (CDC isolation precautions)

o Transfusion reactions

* Other content upgrades include:

o Pathophysiologic rationales behind primary tests

o Step-by-step procedural explanations

o Social and cultural considerations

o Tips for providing emotional support during tests and communicating outcomes

o Expanded nutritional considerations to include discussion of their impact on the recovery process

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