App Detail » Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses

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+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: FREE!
Current Version: 5.1.1
Released: June 08, 2016

What's New

Experience the full power of having Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses in a mobile app, check out these feature releases:

- Read alerts under MedBeats relevant to your specialty
- Audio notes: to quickly record notes on the go
- Text notes: to record notes if you prefer
- Zoom in or out on images with pinch action
- Robust Indices for quick navigation like Image index & Table Index
- Smart search: search content for a term or topic to find information quickly
- History tracks your searches so you can revisit the topic when charting or care planning
- Bookmark topics that you frequently access
- Information relevant to Canadian students and nurses
- Compare Canadian and U.S. pharmaceutical practices
- Canada-only combination drugs in the Combination Drugs appendix
- Additional Canadian brand names in the drug monographs
- Added pharmacogenomic information throughout numerous monographs to guide the nurse in selecting and monitoring various drug therapies

App Description

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Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses® (DrugGuide™), delivers all the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs. Includes one year of online access with WebView

HIGHLIGHTS
* Search the complete 5,000-drug database and appendices quickly and efficiently.
* Build your knowledge with extensively cross-referenced drugs.
* Keep up to date with FDA drug news.
* Audio pronunciations for almost 890 generic drugs
* Over 700 built-in drug dosing calculation tools. Simply review a drug, calculate the dose and administer all in a single step without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program.

Comprehensive coverage on over 1,400 drug monographs including more than:
* 5,000 trade and generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products
* 150 drug classifications, both therapeutic and pharmacologic (if available)
* 500 commonly used combination drugs, including the dosage amount of the active generic ingredient
* Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients

LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE ... AT A GLANCE
* New! The AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

#1 Drug Guide for patient safety - More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including:
* Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury and information throughout the monograph that explain what the nurse can do to ensure patient safety
* "Do not confuse with" and "Do not crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted to support safe practice
* Information on how to prevent administration errors, detect dosing and dispensing errors, and detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s.
* Explanations on how to administer medication safely by all routes – including signs and symptoms for toxicity and overdose, safe handling tips, and how to educate patients on safe medication use in the home
* High alert medications - in-depth high alert and patient safety coverage
* Red, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects
* REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon
* Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions
* Special considerations for patient populations.
* Geri heading identifies special concerns for older adults.
* OB and Lactation headings highlight information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients.
* Pedi heading identifies concerns for children.
* Rep heading identifies considerations for patients of reproductive age.
* IV Administration subheads
* Pharmacogenomic content
* Canadian-specific content
* In-depth guidance for patient and family teaching
* NDC (National Drug Code) for 1300+ Monographs.

Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 10: 1719646406, ISBN 13: 9781719646406

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Authors: April Hazard Vallerand ; Cynthia A. Sanoski
Publisher: F.A. Davis
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