The Drug Reference That Gives You More!
Jones and Bartlett Publisher’s Nurse's Handbook of Behavioral and Mental Health Drugs is the most practical, most up-to-date, and easiest to use nursing drug book!
Concise drug entries include:
- Chemical and therapeutic classes
- FDA pregnancy risk category
- Controlled substance schedule
- Indications and dosages
- Route, onset, steady state peak, half-life, and duration information shown as a chart
- Mechanism of action (many with illustrations)
- Incompatibilities
- Contraindications
- Interactions with drugs, food, and activities (such as smoking)
- Adverse reactions
- Overdose signs and symptoms and nursing interventions
- Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points
The Nurse’s Handbook of Behavioral and Mental Health Drugs, 3rd Edition also provides:
- Dosage adjustments for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs;
- Mechanism-of-action illustrations that enhance the detailed explanations of how drugs work at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels;
- Warnings that highlight important facts you need to know before, during, or after drug administration.
