Your free download includes access to 25 full drug entries. When you download the complete Nursing Drug Handbook App, you’ll get full access to all of the vital drug information you'll need to keep your patients safe, including …

• Complete information for 900+ generic drugs and 3,000+ brand-name drugs
• Easy-to-use tools to create a customized database, including Notes & Favorites
• Weekly updates with the latest need-to-know drug facts so you’re always up-to-date

When you download nursing’s most trusted drug reference, you’ll be fully prepared to expertly administer 31 NEW drugs approved by the FDA in the last year alone. And you’ll be aware of 3,209 changes to drug information that have occurred recently, including...

• 1,146 NEW facts on adverse reactions and dangerous interactions
• 136 NEW nursing considerations and patient-teaching facts
• 715 NEW facts on indications and dosages

Find answers fast to better safeguard against med errors. Based on content from the best-selling Nursing2014 Drug Handbook, the Nursing Drug Handbook App is meticulously reviewed by pharmacists and nurses and updated weekly to provide the most current, relevant information that practicing nurses and students need to know to administer medications safely in any health care setting.

The Nursing Drug Handbook App emphasizes nursing and safety aspects of drug administration and will ensure that you’re fully informed of the newest drugs, approved and off-label uses for drugs, overdose signs & symptoms, and drug warnings. Its instant search capability will help you quickly locate drug entries. In addition, each monograph includes the following key sections:

• Drug name: generic and brand names along with the pronunciation, tall man letters, and pill symbol link (for drugs included in the Photoguide)
• Therapeutic and pharmacologic class
• Pregnancy risk category and controlled substances schedule
• Recent updates (weekly FDA-issued updates ensure you always stay current)
• Available forms (P.O., I.V., I.M., subcutaneous, inhalational, etc.)
• Indications & dosages (FDA-approved, evidence-based off-label uses; accurate dosages; adjust-a-dose information)
• Administration (covers all applicable routes; I.V. information specially highlighted)
• Action (route, onset, peak, duration, half-life)
• Adverse reactions (identified by body system)
• Interactions (drug-drug, drug-herb, drug-lifestyle)
• Effects on lab results
• Contraindications & cautions (overdose signs and symptoms listed)
• Nursing considerations (describes monitoring techniques, prevention and treatment, patient safety and comfort)
• Patient teaching (guidelines on safe drug use, storage, and compliance)
• Nursing process (assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning/implementation, evaluation).

Your App also includes a Photoguide with images of over 400 of the most commonly prescribed brand-name drugs and a free Dosage calculator.