Nurse's Mini Guide to Pediatric Drugs

First Edition
Author: George R. Spratto, PhD
ISBN #: 1428320016
©2010   Publish Date: 03/26/2009
Binding: SP
Pages: 224
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Price: $49.95

Product Benefits:

• Provides the essential, basic drug information that is commonly used but rarely memorized.
• Includes approximately 200 of the most commonly used drugs, organized alphabetically A - Z.
• Includes basic information such as medication administration, dosage calculation formulas, conversion charts and common lab values.
• Part of a series of three Mini Drug Guides: Pediatric, Maternity/OB and Geriatric.

Table of Contents:

TAB 1.
1: Introduction.
2: Drug Regulation and Control.
3: Dosage Forms and Routes of Medication Administration.
4: Calculating Medication Dosages.
5: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.
6: Factors Affecting Drug Activity in Pediatrics.
7: Drug Classifications for Pediatric and Neonatal Patients.
8: Vaccinations .
9: Poisonings.
10: Substance Abuse.
TABS 2 - 6.
A - C.
D - H.
I - M.
N - R.
S - Z.
TAB 7.
Appendix A: Commonly Prescribed Controlled Substances.
Appendix B: Measurement Equivalents and Conversions.
Appendix C: Abbreviations Commonly Found in Drug Prescriptions.
Appendix D: Common Terminology Confusions.
Appendix E: Common Intravenous Drugs.
Appendix F: Approximate Normal Values.
Appendix G: Diagnostic Drugs.
Appendix H: Use of Herbs in Pediatrics.
Appendix I: Nomograms for Children.
Appendix J: Emergency Drugs.
Index.

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