Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses + Resource Kit CD-ROM

This is book is Amazing. It gives a ton of information about each medication. I prefer this source to any other pharmacology book or reference book/app. It is easy to find specific information and get to the point, but if I'm feeling more ambitious of need more information to understand the drug it gives you that as well. This book was on the recommended list for my nursing program, and I am so glad I bought it. It was extremely helpful as a reference, learning tool, and use in practice. The medications are organized by generic name, and for each you get the pronunciation, brand names, therapeutic and pharmacologic class, indications, actions (on the detailed physiological level), therapeutic effects (prevents seizure, increases hormone realize, decreases pain), absorption, distribution, metabolism half life, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, routes/dosages/administration, relevant nursing assessment, lab considerations, potential nursing diagnosis, patient teaching, and desired outcomes. All of this information is nicely organized so that you can ignore the fluff and get to the point, and have all those details handy. Any life threatening considerations are in red, the most common side effects are underlined. The only thing I don't like about this book is that it can sometimes take a while to find meds. While it is all alphabetical, major drug classes are all listed together. This is helpful once you get there but you may look up a drug alphabetically, and then be referred to "see h2 blockers" for example. Sometimes its easier to use the index, sometimes you can just flip to it. There are also a lot of meds listed as uncommon in a separate section which you end up having to flip to. There are lots of appendices and extra info which I have not used. This book is really not expensive, and is a great tool for reference and learning.

I brought this drug guide with me everyday to clinicals in nursing school. When my professor would tell me that I'm doing a med pass, I felt confident knowing that I had this book with me. Before we were allowed to pass the med to the patient, our instructor would ask us five questions. What is this drug for? Why is the patient on this drug? What are the common side effects? What labs does the drug affect? and How will vital signs be affected? --- Thanks to this book, I was able to quickly review the med, and thoroughly answer my instructor's and the patient's questions. When I was not passing meds, I would leave the book in the nurses station until the end of the day. I was surprised at how many of the nurses employed at the hospital picked it up to double check a drug. Plus it's an older edition so it saved me a-lot of money!

First off, hands down I really benefited from the use of this drug guide. It was perfect for in class use as well as clinical use for nursing school. It truly is one of the most trusted names in drug guides (my grandmother still has her Davis's guide from when she was a practicing nurse.) However, in regards to actually purchasing the book was a completely different situation. I have Amazon Prime, so I purchased the book that was Prime eligible. Mine happened to be sold by Amazon. I thought "this is great, I have Prime so I'll get it here in about 3 days." WRONG. Just because they say "2 day shipping" DOES NOT mean that you will get it any sooner...especially if they decide to wait 12 days before they ship it out!! All of my other books (10 books total) came within 3-4 days of purchase. But this was a nightmare, especially since I needed it right away. If I would have known that it would take Amazon 2 weeks to get my "Prime eligible" book to me, I would have paid a private seller more to get it to me in an appropriate time frame.

I have used this particular drug book for two semesters now and find it the most valuable and useful drug book out of the brands that you can buy, my fellow nursing students agree as well. The neat thing about this book is the nursing considerations sections. It tells you exactly what to assess for before and after, drug-drug, drug-food interactions, compatibility, recommended dose ranges, what the drugs are used for, in addition to the drug class, generic and trade names. It also includes some common herbal medications that patients may take or be prescribed. As far as the online drug guide is concerned it is just as useful. I unfortunately left my drug book at my clinical site the first semester, and so last semester all I had was access to the online drug guide. It had all the information I needed, and it was particularly useful to be able to copy and paste from the source.

Very helpful and easy to use drug guide. I use it for more than just looking up drugs and interactions or contraindications. I like the fact that it contains a lot of helpful lab values, and even some general nursing diagnosis notes throughout the pages. I've seen other drug guides, and I feel most comfortable using this one.

A must have for nurses! I learned to use the previous edition in nursing school and it is laid out well and in order. Even though I love google, I find myself relying on this book on a daily basis to double check a doctor's order for dosing or to recommend to a doctor the standard dose; another main function is the IV push times for IV meds and recommendations for when and how to mix meds. I had one patient tell me that she thought I was holding a bible until she saw it closer. It really is the drug bible with a low learning curve required to understand its use.

This book came handy big time. I am a nursing student and every time I question a medication, I'm using this book to look it up. This is one of the best drug hand books ever!

Great addition to the BNF for nurses, it has much more nursing specific actions and advice and is in an easy to read format

Got me through my class

Good as new!

I love the book ,had a issue with my order, seller ( thrift books) solved the problem very helpful customer service overall very happy