Mosby's 2026 Nursing Drug Reference

Choose the drug handbook trusted by nurses for more than 35 years! Mosby's 2026 Nursing Drug Reference makes it easy to find the most vital information on the drugs you administer most frequently. More than 5,000 drugs are profiled ? including 35 new entries for drugs recently approved by the FDA. And no other drug guide places a higher emphasis on patient safety, with Black Box Warnings for dangerous adverse reactions, Safety Alerts for situations requiring special attention, and a focus on both common and life-threatening side effects. From nursing pharmacology expert Linda Skidmore-Roth, this perennial bestseller proves there is a difference in drug guides. Content on more than 5,000 generic and trade name drugs providing coverage for almost every drug a student is likely to encounter in clinicalsBlack Box warning feature alerts students to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactionsSafety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side-effects that students must be aware of during clinicalsBold heading and details on IV drug administration so students can easily find appropriate dosage and IV administration instructions to help them administer these drugs safelyLogical organization of side effects information: organized by body system and are identified as common or life threatening, showing nurses what signs to watch for during assessmentsNursing Process steps used as the framework to organize all nursing care information helps students learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into their clinical experiencesLogical alphabetical organization by generic name with both trade and generic names in the index, which gives users quick access to specific drugsComplete pharmacokinetic information organized in a table and explains the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as the action, duration and excretion of the drugAll the drugs found in the appendixes have cross-reference headers in the body of the book, making it easier for users to find the drug content they need quickly and makes it less likely that a user will think a drug is missing if it is not in the body of the bookMore than 100 Evolve-only drug monographs for lesser used medicationsProvide 20-30 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs and up-to-date content on the latest drug therapies for print editionAdding at least 20 new Evolve-only drug monographs to the existing Evolve-only drug monographsEach monograph read and updated as necessary with new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information included throughout as needed. Current information helps nurses feel confident in the accuracy of the information and helps prevent medication dispensing errors