Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Updated for 2004 with more than 800 complete drug monographs, this annual reference is an invaluable resource for practicing nurses and students. Organized alphabetically for easy access, monographs cover generic and trade names; pronunciations; pregnancy risk category; controlled substance schedule if appropriate; drug class; therapeutic actions; indications, including unlabeled indications; contraindications and cautions; available forms; dosage information; pharmacokinetics; IV facts section; adverse effects; interactions; assessment; intervention; and teaching points. More than 20 appendices as well as free mini CD-ROM, with 200 drug monographs and customizable patient- teaching handouts, are included. Access to important drug updates and new drugs, as well as continuing education tests, are provided at NursingDrugGuide.com .

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Consultants (p. vii)
• Preface (p. ix)
• Anatomy of a monograph (p. xiii)
• Guide to abbreviations (p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments (p. xix)
• Nursing process guidelines (p. 1)
• Preventing medication errors (p. 7)
• Pharmacologic drug classification (p. 10)
• Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name (p. 61)
• Appendices (p. 1241)
• Appendix A Alternative and complementary therapies (p. 1242)
• Appendix B Commonly used biologicals (p. 1250)
• Appendix C Recommendations for pediatric immunizations (p. 1275)
• Appendix D Recommendations for adult immunizations (p. 1276)
• Appendix E Therapeutic class combination products (p. 1278)
• Appendix F Hormonal contraceptives (p. 1299)
• Appendix G Frequently used combination products by trade name (p. 1303)
• Appendix H Topical agents (p. 1315)
• Appendix I Topical corticosteroids (p. 1323)
• Appendix J Ophthalmic agents (p. 1326)
• Appendix K Laxatives (p. 1332)
• Appendix L Less commonly used drugs (p. 1336)
• Appendix M Federal drug classifications
• FDA pregnancy categories (p. 1356)
• DEA schedules of controlled substances (p. 1356)
• Appendix N Important dietary guidelines for patient teaching (p. 1357)
• Appendix O NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses (p. 1358)
• Appendix P Tablets and capsules that cannot be cut, crushed, or chewed (p. 1361)
• Appendix Q Canadian regulations
• Narcotic, controlled drugs, benzodiazepines, and other targeted substances (p. 1363)
• Adverse drug reactions: Surveillance and reporting (p. 1365)
• Appendix R Calculating pediatric dosages (p. 1367)
• Appendix S Adverse drug effects (p. 1368)
• Appendix T Drugs that interact with grapefruit juice (p. 1372)
• Bibliography (p. 1373)
• Acknowledgments (p. 1374)
• Index (p. 1376)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

She is the managing editor of Juris Publici at the T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond.

Karch wrote Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide with Disk, which has been included in Lippincott's Complete Nursing Reference.

(Bowker Author Biography)