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App Description

Nursing Drug Handbook delivers everything you need to administer medications safely and effectively.

Includes 300+ pharmacology NCLEX questions, US and Canadian brands, and more!

Nursing Drug Handbook (NDH) 2025/2026 / 45th Edition Features:
• 3,600 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs
• 300+ pharmacology NCLEX questions with rationales
• U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns
• Regular updates — featuring new FDA approvals and prescribing changes
• Critical safety alerts and warnings
• Thoroughly updated appendices covering indications and dosages for numerous classes of drugs
• Canadian-specific content
• Drug therapy across the lifespan (pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults)

EXCLUSIVE UNBOUND FEATURES
• Highlighting and note-taking within entries
• “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries
• Alerts communication feature that delivers the latest information as well as 'Drug of the Week'
• Enhanced Search to find Rx medications quickly

TRIAL / SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
• New users can access the complete Nursing Drug Handbook app free for 14 days.
• After 14 days, your iTunes account will be charged $39.99 for a one-year subscription unless you have turned off auto-renew in Account Settings at least 24 hours before the free trial ends.
• At the end of the one-year period, your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off in Account Settings 24 hours prior to the renewal date.
• If you choose not to renew, you will still be able to use the app but will not receive medication updates.

CONTENT DOWNLOAD
• This app will download content after installation, so that you will receive the most up-to-date content. The size of the download will be approximately 50 MB.

More about Nursing Drug Handbook
Now in its 45th edition, Nursing Drug Handbook delivers the most current nursing-focused information on more than 3,600 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs. Each monograph includes Available Forms, Indications & Dosages, Administration, Action, Adverse Reactions, Interactions, Effects on Lab Test Results, Contraindications & Cautions, Nursing Considerations, Patient Teaching, and special population considerations when appropriate.

Chief Nurse: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
Editor -in-Chief: Collette Bishop, RN, MS, MA, CIC
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
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iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • September 15, 2023 Initial release
  • November 02, 2023 New version 1.4
  • April 24, 2024 New version 1.5
  • August 28, 2024 New version 1.8