Prentice Hall Health Professional's Drug Guide 2005-2006 - Softcover

Shannon, Margaret T.; Wilson, Billie Ann; Stang, Carolyn L.

9780131713628: Prentice Hall Health Professional's Drug Guide 2005-2006

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131713620 ISBN 13: 9780131713628

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

This is the drug guide preferred by physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists - and all health care professionals who need accurate, easily accessed information about their patients' medications. Comprehensive, yet user-friendly, this handy resource includes important clinical implications for hundreds of drugs, including adverse reactions, interactions and side effects. Includes over 45 new approved drugs included as approved by the FDA and over 200 updates. All health care professionals and students.

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From the Back Cover:

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AGREE: this compact drug guide provides all the data you need for safe, effective drug administration in any setting!

Current—
� Contains thousands of drugs—including 77 recently approved by the FDA.
� Includes updated information on IV drug dosages, preparation, and administration.
� Provides a free Companion Website prenhall/drugguides offers new drug updates, links to drug-related websites, illustrated medication administration techniques, common herbal remedies, and much more.

Comprehensive—
� Highlights prototype drugs for each drug classification in both a comprehensive list and in the monographs.
� Provides unique appendixes, such as combination drugs, signs & symptoms glossary, and information on ocular medications, low molecular-weight heparins, and nasal & oral corticosteroids.
� Includes Clinical Implications with administration, assessment & drug effects, and patient & family teaching.

Accessible—
� Lists all drugs alphabetically by generic drug names, with a comprehensive index that identifies generic, trade, combination, and prototype drugs.
� Offers quick access to drug & food interactions, adverse side effects, and contradindications & precautions for every drug.

About the Author:

Billie Ann Wilson is currently Professor and Director of the Department of Nursing at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to entering nursing, she taught natural and physical sciences at the secondary and collegiate levels. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Boston College, a Master of Science in Biology from Purdue University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, a Master of Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans. Margaret T. Shannon is currently Professor and Dean of the Division of Nursing at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana. Her educational preparation includes a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Chemistry, both from Saint Louis University; a Master of Arts in Teaching Biology from Saint Mary's College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, a Master of Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans. Prior to entering nursing, she taught physical science, natural science, and mathematics at the secondary and collegiate levels. Carolyn L. Stang is currently a drug information specialist in Chicago, Illinois. She has worked in hospital and community pharmacies, home health care, and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Stang has been a freelance medical writer and an assistant professor at Rutgers University College of Pharmacy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and completed a fellowship in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

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