Endorsed by the National Student Nurses' Association, these highly successful MediQuik Cards supply key information for safely administering the most commonly used drugs. More than 350 alphabetically organised generic drugs and 28 major drug classes are included, as well as the 15 most commonly used herbal medications. Each 5 x 7 inch drug card covers generic names, trade names, pharmacologic and therapeutic classes, controlled substance schedule (where applicable), pregnancy risk category, available forms, pharmacokinetics, route-onset-peak duration charts, pharmacodynamics, indications and dosage, adverse reactions, interactions, contraindications and precautions, and nursing considerations organised by the nursing process (assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning and implementation, and evaluation). New to the Fourteenth Edition are updated and additional monographs, including full monographs for 30 recently approved drugs, and coverage of every drug's effects on lab test results. Illustrated drug administration cards explain how to give drugs by oral, ophthalmic, otic, respiratory, nasogastric, rectal, S.C., I.M., and I.V. routes
