Fully updated with the most current drug facts, Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards, 20th Edition feature complete pharmacologic details and nursing management priorities for over 875 generic and 1,320 brand-name drugs including 8 new drugs, 3 new drug categories, and more than 100 new drug facts. Each 4x6 card provides essential nursing information, including the drug's brand names, dosage forms, contraindications, possible adverse effects, interactions, and nursing management priorities. You can also access new drug updates and information on the top 200 most commonly used drugs online. More than 360 colorful 4"x 6" cards include cards for individual drugs plus drug category cards for 65 categories of drugs.
Coverage of over 750 generic and over 600 brand-name drugs provides one-stop access to the information most needed for clinical practice.
Concise entries feature generic name, pronunciation, category, pregnancy category, brand name, dosage forms, use(s), mechanism(s), pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, contraindications/precautions, interactions, dosing, and nursing management priorities.
Black Box Warnings highlight high-alert drugs.
NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses for all drug categories familiarize you with the application of nursing diagnoses in pharmacology.
Convenient appendix provides access to additional drug information such as antagonists and antidotes, nutritional supplements, and look-alike/sound-alike drug names.
Common conversion formulas are found on the inside lid of the box

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Management of ingested drug overdose

Critical Thinking card

Drug cards

Category cards

Appendices

A. Antagonists and Antidotes, flumazenil

B. Antagonists and Antidotes, naloxone

C. Antagonists and Antidotes, digoxin immune fab

D. Drug dosages calculations

E. Look-alike/sound-alike drug names

F. Nutritional supplements

Blank cards

Index