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<p>Plan care and prepare for clinicals with <b>Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards, 22nd Edition! </b>More than 360 durable cards make it easy to find pharmacologic details and nursing management guidelines for over 750 generic and 600 brand-name drugs. Each 4 x 6 card provides essential nursing information including descriptions, use(s), mechanism(s), pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, contraindications/precautions, interactions, dosing, and nursing management priorities. Organized alphabetically, <b>Mosby's Nursing Drug Cards</b> provide quick access to the information you need to prepare care plans and review medication orders. </p><ul><b><li>More than 360 colorful 4"x 6" cards</b> include cards for individual drugs plus drug category cards for 65 categories of drugs.</li><li><b>Coverage of over 750 generic and over 600 brand-name drugs </b>provides one-stop access to the information most needed for clinical practice. </li><li><b>Concise entries</b> feature generic name, pronunciation, category, pregnancy category, brand name, dosage forms, use(s), mechanism(s), pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, contraindications/precautions, interactions, dosing, and nursing management priorities. </li><li><b><i>Black Box Warnings</b></i> highlight high-alert drugs.</li><li><b>NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses</b> for all drug categories familiarize you with the application of nursing diagnoses in pharmacology. </li><li><b>Convenient appendix</b> provides access to additional drug information such as antagonists and antidotes, nutritional supplements, and look-alike/sound-alike drug names.</li><li><b>Common conversion formulas</b> are found on the inside lid of the box.</li> </ul><ul><b><li>UPDATED, streamlined content </b>is designed with nurses in mind. </li><li><b>NEW <i>Critical Thinking</i> fill-in-the-blank card</b> may be used on any drug. </li><li><b>UPDATED! <i>Category</i> cards</b> are condensed to allow for easier retrieval. </li> </ul>