As the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse grows, so does the need to be informed and knowledgeable about safe pharmacotherapy. "The Drug Information Handbook for Advanced Practice Nursing" provides reliable, comprehensive drug information in a format designed to help you efficiently prescribe for, monitor, and educate patients. The increasing complexity of clinical care and the development of new therapies contribute to the challenges of prescriptive practice. "The Drug Information Handbook for Advanced Practice Nursing" compiles the best information about current drug therapy, so prescribing concerns can be addressed quickly and precisely. Over 4800 medications are included in this reference, listed alphabetically by generic and brand name. Each drug monograph contains up to 60 fields of information, including dosing, therapeutic purpose, and possible adverse effects. Safe prescribing guidelines include data on prescribing for children, adults and the elderly. A must-have reference for guiding care in the fast-changing fields of pharmacotherapeutics. Updates to this edition include 40 new drug monographs, additional monograph fields, drug interactions - avoid concomitant use, product availability, new appendix guidelines, hemodynamic support, intravenous, target INR ranges for adult patients with prosthetic heart valves, treatment of elevated INR due to warfarin, appendix updates, compatibility of drugs, diagnostic and surgical aids, immunization recommendations, and immunizations.

Foreword 2 Preface 3 About the Authors 4 Editorial Advisory Panel 5 Acknowledgments 9 Organization of the Handbook 10 Symbols & Abbreviations Used in This Handbook 14 FDA Pregnancy Categories 17 Safe Prescription Writing 18 Abbreviations and Symbols Commonly Used in Medical Orders 19 Basic Pharmacologic Concepts 23 Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacotherapeutics 23 Patient Factors That Influence Drug Therapy 28 Patient Education for Management of Common Side Effects 31 Alphabetical Listing of Drugs 35 Controlled Substance Index 1351 Pharmacologic Category Index 1353 Additional Medicines 1376 Adverse Reactions Information 1453 Calculations/Conversions/Laboratory Values 1462 Comparative Drug Charts 1478 Cytochrome P450 and Drug Information 1525 Food, Fluid, and Smoking Concerns 1534 Maternal and Fetal Guidelines 1542 OBRA Guidelines for Long-Term Care 1549 Overdose and Toxicology Information 1558 Treatment/Prophylaxis Guidelines 1567