Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs

Essential reference for students and clinicians

Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs is an indispensable guide for nurses and nursing students that can be used both as a quick reference for medicine information and to acquire a deeper understanding for safe and effective drug administration by nurses.

The guide is accessible and user friendly. It provides all the information you need for safe administration of medication, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system for easy navigation.

The twelfth edition has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to ensure that usage, dose, side-effects, contraindications and precautions are consistent with current Australian pharmaceutical guidelines.

 

Key Features 
 

Easy-to-use format – search for drugs by therapeutic class or body system

All the important information nurses need – poisons information, formulae for calculations of drug doses and drip rates

Nursing considerations such as patient safety, administration advice and cautions

Drug monographs include active ingredient and trade names, available forms, action, use, dosage, adverse effects and interactions

Patient education and advice notes to improve patient care and outcomes

A separate durable pocket card suitable for attaching to a lanyard with formulae, useful units and concentrations, and common abbreviations

Available in print and eBook

New to this edition

Each drug reviewed to ensure its relevance for nurses in Australia

Chapter introductions updated citing the latest evidence, in a language that promotes nurse and nursing student understanding

Updated icons offering a quick visual guide, helping readers locate key drug information including pregnancy and breastfeeding safety, crushability, dosage adjustments, and considerations for older adults and in sports

Therapeutic Goods Administration drug scheduling incorporated specifically for Schedule 8 medications

By Adriana Tiziani, RN, BSc(Mon), Dip Ed(Melb), MEdSt(Mon), MRCNA, Course Director, Postgraduate Studies in Wound Care, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia; Mary Bushell, BPharm (Hons), GCLTHE, PhD and Kobi Schutz