Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs 12e (Paperback)

Adriana Tiziani

ISBN 10: 072959923X / ISBN 13: 9780729599238

Published by Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs 12e (Paperback)
• Publisher: Elsevier Australia, Chatswood
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 072959923X
• ISBN 13: 9780729599238
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Essential reference for students and clinicians

Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs is an indispensable guide for nurses and nursing students that can be used both as a quick reference for medicine information and to acquire a deeper understanding for safe and effective drug administration by nurses.

The guide is accessible and user friendly. It provides all the information you need for safe administration of medication, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system for easy navigation.

The twelfth edition has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to ensure that usage, dose, side-effects, contraindications and precautions are consistent with current Australian pharmaceutical guidelines.

• Easy-to-use format – search for drugs by therapeutic class or body system
• All the important information nurses need – poisons information, formulae for calculations of drug doses and drip rates
• Nursing considerations such as patient safety, administration advice and cautions
• Drug monographs include active ingredient and trade names, available forms, action, use, dosage, adverse effects and interactions
• Patient education and advice notes to improve patient care and outcomes
• A separate durable pocket card suitable for attaching to a lanyard with formulae, useful units and concentrations, and common abbreviations
• Available in print and eBook

New to this edition

• Each drug reviewed to ensure its relevance for nurses in Australia
• Chapter introductions updated citing the latest evidence, in a language that promotes nurse and nursing student understanding
• Updated icons offering a quick visual guide, helping readers locate key drug information including pregnancy and breastfeeding safety, crushability, dosage adjustments, and considerations for older adults and in sports
• Therapeutic Goods Administration drug scheduling incorporated specifically for Schedule 8 medications

About the Authors

Adriana Tiziani is Course Director, Postgraduate Studies in Wound Care, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, VIC.

Dr Kobi Schutz BN, MPubHlth, GradCertEd

Lecturer in Nursing and Undergraduate Deputy Course Coordinator Nursing

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health

Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory

Shaunagh Darroch MPharm,BSc, GCert ACAPrac

Pharmacologist