Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses 18th edition (eighteenth edition)

About this book

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses 18th edition by April Hazard Vallerand and Cynthia A. Sanoski gives nursing students and practicing nurses a medication reference built around safe administration, accurate assessment, and patient education. The guide organizes drug information in a clinically useful format so users can quickly check indications, dosing, contraindications, precautions, adverse reactions, interactions, implementation steps, and monitoring requirements before giving medications.

The 18th edition covers commonly used medications across adult, pediatric, maternal, mental health, critical care, and community settings. Drug entries address routes of administration, dosage ranges, laboratory monitoring, toxicity signs, compatibility concerns, pharmacologic effects, nursing implications, and teaching points, with special attention to high alert medications and the practical decisions nurses make during medication therapy.

This book is especially useful for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Students, Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Students, Registered Nursing Students, Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical and Vocational Nursing (LPN and LVN) Students, Nursing Pharmacology Students, Nursing Students During Clinical Rotations, Nurse Educators, and nurses working in medical surgical, pediatric, maternal, psychiatric, and critical care settings. It is also useful when checking unfamiliar medications before administration or reviewing drug related nursing responsibilities.

BSN and ADN students, RNs, LPN and LVN students, clinical trainees, pharmacology students, and practicing nurses can use this edition to verify doses, recognize adverse effects, identify interactions, plan monitoring, and prepare clear patient teaching. The 18th edition, 2022 is available as a searchable PDF enhanced digital version with instant access, so you can begin using it immediately for pharmacology coursework, clinical rotations, medication preparation, care planning, or day to day nursing practice.