THE #1 Drug Guide for nurses & other clinicians… Aways dependable, always up to date!

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The #1 Drug Guide for nurses and clinicians . . . always dependable, always up to-date!

Now in its 45th Edition, Nursing 2025-2026 Drug Handbook delivers the most current nursing focused information on more than 3,600 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs in an easy-to-use A-Z format.

Features
• → NEW! Includes 24 brand-new FDA-approved drugs—tabbed and conveniently grouped in a handy “NEW DRUGS” section for easy retrieval
• → NEW! Thousands of clinical updates—new dosages and indications, FDA boxed warnings, genetic-related information, adverse reactions, interactions, nursing considerations, clinical alerts, and patient teaching information
• Special focus on U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns
• → Thoroughly updated appendices covering indications and dosages for numerous classes of drugs
• → Plus FREE access to these additional resources available on Lippincott NursingCenter® at https://www.nursingcenter.com:
• Monthly FDA updates and news
• Newly approved drugs
• New indications and dosages
• Drug warnings
• Drug news abstracts
• Medication safety information
• Types of medication errors, including causes and common errors
• Preventing and reducing medication errors
• Reporting medication errors
• Real-life stories of medication errors

  Edition 46 ISBN/ISSN

  • Complete monographs on 690 drugs focusing on key drug information nurses need to know:
  • Available forms Indications & dosages (with dosage adjustments for special populations)
  • Administration (all applicable routes covered)
  • Mechanism of action
  • Adverse reactions Interactions (drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lifestyle)
  • Effects on lab test results
  • Contraindications & cautions
  • Pregnancy-lactation-reproduction concerns
  • Nursing considerations
  • Patient Teaching Prominent logos for clinical alerts, FDA boxed warnings, overdose signs & symptoms, genetic implications, look alike-sound alike drugs
  • Special tabbed section featuring 21 New Drugs
  • 27 handy appendices covering:
  • Drug safety and error prevention
  • Drug lists grouped by therapeutic class and other categories (antidiarrheals, antidotes, biologicals, laxatives, ophthalmics, vaccines, vitamins & minerals, OTCs, combination drugs, less commonly used drugs)
  • Drug schedules (U.S. and Canada)
  • Medication decision tree, drug monitoring guidelines
  • Photoguide insert featuring 415 full-size pill images

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