This guide provides comprehensive drug information in well-organized, nursing-focused monographs. It also includes extensive supplemental material in 16 appendices, thoroughly addresses the issue of safe medication administration, and educates the reader about 50 different therapeutic classes of drugs. In this edition, the authors have continued the tradition of focusing on safe medication administration by including Medication Safety Tools and even more information about health care's most vulnerable patients: children, the elderly, pregnant women, and breast feeding mothers. Look for more Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation headings throughout the book. -- Adapted from publisher's description.

How to use Davis's Drug Guide For Nurses -- Evidence-based practice and pharmacotherapeutics : implications for nurses -- Pharmacogenomics -- Medication errors : improving practices and patient safety -- Detecting and managing adverse drug reactions -- Overview of risk evaluation and mitigation systems (REMS) -- Special dosing considerations -- The Cytochrome P450 system : what is it and why should I care? -- Educating patients about safe medication use -- Classifications -- Drug monographs in alphabetical order by generic name -- Drugs approved in Canada -- Natural/herbal products -- Medication safety tools -- Appendices.