Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses (PDF)

SAFETY FIRST!

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses^®, Fifteenth Edition delivers all of the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs.

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• 5,000-drug database and appendices

 

• Cross-referencing of drugs

 

 

• FDA drug news

 

 

LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE … AT A GLANCE

• Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage

 

• Red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects

 

 

• NEW! REP heading for use of drugs in males and females of reproductive age

 

 

• Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions

 

 

• Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation cautions

 

 

• IV administration subheads

 

 

• REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon

 

 

• Pharmacogenomic content and icon

 

 

• Canadian-specific content 

 

 

• Much more!

 

LEARNING, CARE-PLANNING, AND PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS

Online at DavisPlus (Redeem the Plus Code on the inside front cover of a new, printed text to access your DavisPlus resources.)

• Audio library for 1,200+ drug names

 

• Three tutorials, each with a self-test

 

 

• Calculators for body mass index (BMI), metric conversions, IV drip rates, dosage/kg, and Fahrenheit/Celsius

 

 

• Interactive case studies, brief, real-life scenarios that are followed by a series of question

 

 

• Med-Deck-style cards

 

 

• Video clips illustrating the safe administration of medications

 

 

• Animations demonstrating the administration and absorption of oral drugs

 

 

• Schematic brain illustrations depicting the impact of certain DSM disorders and the effect of psychotropic medications on patients

 

 

 

Reviews for Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 14th Edition:

“I’m a BSN student, and this book has been an excellent resource.  When my instructors ask me questions about medications, I know I will be able to answer any questions they have with this book… This was the book my toughest clinical instructor recommended to me, and my classmates who have other drug manuals wish they had this one.”

– Honor F., Nursing Student

“As a student nurse, I spend more time with this book than I do with my family. Easy to read, good layout, informative, to the point. It was required by my program and I have found it to be a wonderful resource.”

– Jen S., Nursing Student

“I am able to write nursing plans, understand disease process, and proper administration of drugs all because of this one book.”

– Kia S.

“Simply put, the best drug guide out there.”

– Amazon Reviewer