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Library eBooks - Drug Guides

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 18th Ed. (2023)
Davis's delivers everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan-- 643 well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. Its nursing-focused 'Cure & Care' approach makes it the ideal resource. 'Cure' explains what the drug does, while 'Care' describes what the nurse does and how the nursing process relates to the pharmacotherapeutics.
Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2021
Organized alphabetically for quick and easy access, this guide provides detailed information for more than 4,000 trade name drugs and 1,000 generic drugs. Nursing considerations include assessment, intervention, evaluation and patient/family teaching.
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Information on lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations equips you with special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, and immune- or renal-compromised patients.
Mosby's 2020 Nursing Drug Reference
A full-color portable nursing drug handbook that makes it easy to find the most vital information on the drugs that nurses administer most frequently. Coverage of more than 5,000 generic and trade-name drugs provides information for almost every drug a student is likely to encounter in clinicals.
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No other drug guide places a higher emphasis on patient safety, with Black Box Warnings for dangerous adverse reactions, Safety Alerts for situations requiring special attention, and a focus on both common and life-threatening side effects, organized by body system, showing signs to watch for during assessments.
Gahart's 2021 Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals, 37th Ed.
The essential information you need to safely administer more than 400 intravenous drugs! In addition to updated drug interactions, precautions, alerts, and patient teaching instructions for all existing IV drugs, it includes more than a dozen new monographs of the most recent IV drugs to be approved by the FDA.
2021 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy
Provides instant access to the latest recommendations for treatment of infectious diseases in children, including COVID-19. Drug descriptions cover all antimicrobial agents available today and include complete information about dosing regimens.
Pediatric Injectable Drugs : The Teddy Bear Book
The most comprehensive research-based information on pediatric intravenous infusions.
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The only reference of its kind, this trusted reference focuses on the unique issues that pediatric practitioners face when dealing with pediatric injectable drugs, such as limited fluid amounts, limited intravenous sites, and maximum doses.

Trusted Websites

DosageHelp.com
This website provides a dosage calculations tutorial, complete with explanations, examples, and practice questions.
DailyMed
Search a database of the most recent drug labels (also called package inserts) submitted to the FDA.
Medscape - Drugs, OTCs & Herbals
Guideline Central: Drug Information
High quality information about marketed drugs, as well as a drug finder and pill identifier.
Medscape Drug Interaction Checker
Use the search field to look up prescription or OTC drugs, and herbal supplements. Add a full drug regimen and view interactions.
Merck Manual - Drug Information
The Merck Manual has partnered with Elsevier to provide high-quality drug information from the Gold Standard Drug Database.
RxList
Part of the WebMD network, RxList is an online medical resource dedicated to offering detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs. Articles are written by pharmacists and physicians and data is provided by credible and reliable sources.
RxList: Drug Interaction Checker
Type in a generic or a brand name drug and select from the list. Add as many prescription drugs or OTC drugs as you'd like. When you're done, check for possible drug interactions.
RxList: Pill Identification Tool
Quickly identify drugs and medications, including pill identifying pictures. Use any combination of the imprint, color, or shape of a pill to identify the drug.
RxList: Vitamins, Herbs, and Dietary Supplements
Find evidence-based information on individual ingredients such as herbs, vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements. The supplement monographs on RxList include a description, review of effectiveness, how it works, safety concerns, and interactions with medications.

Library eBooks - Dosage Calculations

Dimensional Analysis: Calculating Dosages Safely (2023)
Make dosage calculations easier to master with dimensional analysis.
Pharmacology Clear and Simple: A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations
This text covers both pharmacology and dosage calculations. A body systems approach to pharmacology with a basic math review and a focus on drug classifications will help prepare nursing students for administering specific drugs in the clinical setting.
Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! (2016)
This entertaining and informative reference reviews the basic math needed to perform dosage calculation, including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
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It walks the nurse through the interpretation of hundreds of examples of drug orders and the performance of hundreds of complex dosage calculations, and provides information on deciphering difficult abbreviations, dealing with unclear handwriting, reading medication labels, selecting administration equipment, and more.
Clinical Nursing Calculations (2020)
Clinical Nursing Calculations is an essential text for teaching dosage calculation to undergraduate nursing students.
Calculating Drug Dosages : A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math (2021)
Master math concepts. Ensure patient safety. Conquer your fears and understand the most common math concepts used in nursing practice today. Color-coded, step-by-step guidance shows you how to accurately calculate drug dosages using all four methods.