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The #1 IV drug handbook for nearly 40 years, Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals is the go-to resource for all the information you need to safely administer more than 350 intravenous drugs. Whether you prefer the convenient electronic format or the newly redesigned portable print version, this new edition offers alphabetical organization, a detailed appendix of generic and trade names, pharmacologic actions, hundreds of new drug facts, and entries for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA. There's no other resource more trusted for its accuracy and comprehensive coverage.UNIQUE! Annual publication includes essential information on the most recently approved IV drugs as well as updated information on previously approved drugs. UNIQUE! Thorough coverage of more than 350 IV drugs offers more than any other comparable handbook. UNIQUE! Layout in the print version keeps all dosage information for each drug on either a single page or a two-page spread, ensuring that the health care worker does not contaminate hands by having to turn a page. Consistent, easy-to-use format provides all the essential clinical information on IV drug administration. Alphabetical listing of IV drugs is organized by generic name for quick clinical reference. Updated IV drug dilution and dosage information — in a convenient chart form within monographs where appropriate —helps you quickly locate essential information. Special sections highlight dose variances for geriatric, pediatric, infant, and neonatal patients. Identifying icons (such as Black Box Warnings) and design features also make it easy to locate key informationNEW! Larger page size of the print version reduces the thickness of the book and makes content easier to navigate.NEW! Printed thumb tabs added to the print version assist in locating information quickly.

Intravenous Therapy is a concise, accessible guide to the basic theory and practice of IV therapy. It focuses on elementary principles, avoiding more specialist practice, in order to enable students and newly qualified nurses to effectively manage patients undergoing IV treatment. · Contains essential information in an accessible form · Presents the evidence base for best practice · Focuses on safe practice and patient care, managing risk and avoiding complications · Includes guidelines on drug administration and handling, fluid and blood transfusions · Explores the advantages and disadvantages of venous access devices Other books in the ‘Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses'series Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient P. Jevon and B. Ewens 0 632 05803 X ECGs for Nurses P. Jevon 0 632 05802 1

This easy to use pocket book covers all aspects of intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill patients from applied physiology to bedside clinical management succinctly. It includes updated and evidence-based content on intravenous fluid therapy. The book is divided into four sections; first section covering review of physiology, second section describing different resuscitation agents, third section discussing fluid therapy in various clinical conditions and final section providing a rational approach to prescribing intravenous fluid. Each chapter starts with a case scenario followed by an introduction focusing on the learning objectives and take home message and recommendation at the end. Each chapter includes a summary of important clinical trials in the field, especially useful for students. The book maintains uniform style throughout the chapters, written in simple language and includes charts, boxes, tables and figures.The book is useful for all clinicians dealing with acutely ill patients including (but not limited to) intensivists, emergency physicians, anaesthesiologists, internists, other physicians and surgeons as well as trainees.

This handy book, written by the author of the very popular Venepuncture and Cannulation: A Practical Guide, offers step-by-step guidance in how to administer intravenous fluids and medicines. It will be equally helpful, whether you are already practising intravenous therapy and wish to refresh or update your knowledge or you are learning this skill for the first time. Each chapter contains intended learning outcomes, clinical points for practice, and activities that enable you to relate the content to your own clinical area. The book opens with a general discussion of intravenous therapy, followed by an overview of the circulatory system and different types of intravenous access. The author explains how to calculate medication doses, and describes relevant aspects of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. She looks at safe techniques used in the administration of intravenous fluids and medications, and how to use different types of infusion devices, as well as the potential risks, complications and adverse reactions associated with intravenous therapy. The final chapter explores the professional responsibilities of the healthcare practitioner. Contents: • What is intravenous therapy and why is it used? • An overview of the circulatory system and related anatomy and physiology of the peripheral vascular system • Intravenous access and care of the site • Calculating medication doses • How drugs work – an introduction to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics • Safe administration of intravenous fluids and medicines • Using an infusion device • Risk, complications and adverse reactions • Professional responsibilities Appendices: - Competency checklist for the preparation of intravenous therapy using a bolus method - Competency checklist for the preparation of intravenous therapy using an intermittent or continuous infusion method - Record of supervised practice

Use the #1 IV drug handbook to safely administer more than 400 intravenous drugs! Gahart's Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals has been trusted for more than 40 years for its accuracy, quick-reference format, and comprehensive coverage. Whether you prefer the portable print book or the eBook, each drug monograph includes the drug's generic name, trade name(s), drug category, pH, dosages and dose adjustments, dilution, incompatibilities, rate of administration, actions, indications and uses, contraindications, precautions, drug/lab interactions, side effects, and antidote. Compiled by nurse consultant Betty Gahart and pharmacist Adrienne Nazareno, this resource contains all of the information you need for the safe administration of IV drugs — nothing more than is needed, and nothing less.UNIQUE! Published annually to ensure that you have essential information on the most recently approved IV drugs, as well as updated information on existing drugs.UNIQUE! Over 400 IV drug monographs provide coverage of more drugs than any comparable handbook.UNIQUE! Time-tested, easy-to-use page layout keeps all dosage information for each drug on either a single page or a two-page spread to prevent hand contamination by having to turn a page.UPDATED! Drug side effects are reorganized according to frequency, seriousness, and other important considerations.Black Box Warnings and highlighting of key content make locating key information fast and easy.Dilution and dosage charts within monographs provide quick access to essential clinical information.Age-specific dosage variances are highlighted for geriatric, pediatric, infant, and neonatal patients. Spiral binding makes the book convenient to use in the clinical setting.Alphabetical format organizes all drug monographs by generic name, allowing you to find any drug in seconds.More than 100 lesser-used IV drugs may be accessed on the Evolve website. NEW! 9-11 new drug monographs provide you with current, clinically relevant drug information for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA.NEW! Updated drug monographs reflect the latest changes in IV drug therapy.NEW! Do Not Confuse With information is added at the top of each applicable monograph to enhance medication safety, and the Evolve companion website includes a link to the ISMP list of Do Not Confuse drug names.NEW! Thumb tabs on left-hand pages are added to the standard right-hand thumb tabs, making it easy to look up drug monographs from either side.