APRN and PA's Complete Guide to Prescribing Drug Therapy, The
Description
An unrivaled reference tool for advanced practice providers and students in clinical practice settings
This concise and easy-to-read drug therapy prescribing reference provides critical information for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants in clinical practice settings who are involved in the primary care management of patients with acute, episodic, and chronic health problems, life-altering and life-threatening diseases, and needs for health promotion and disease prevention. Interspersed with clinically useful information, such as monitored laboratory values, patient teaching points, and safety information, this reference draws upon data taken directly from FDA-approved drug labels and patient medication guides, and is organized by diagnosis rather than by drug classification, to provide advanced practice practitioners with the comprehensive, concise, and up-to-date information on drug therapies that they need to help achieve positive outcomes in their daily practice.
The first section of this book presents drug treatment regimens for over 700 clinical diagnoses, listed alphabetically by generic name, followed by important information required for prescription decision-making. The second section provides additional information on treatment, organized in a convenient table format. An alphabetical cross-reference index of drugs allows for easy identification of alternate drug names and their location within the text.
New to this Edition
- • Information on over 100 new diagnoses and over 100 new generic drugs indicated for the treatment of quality of life-altering and life-threatening conditions such as chronic kidney disease, genetic diseases, mesothelioma, MS, metastatic cancers, and rare diseases.
- • Updates on drugs used for site-specific cancers, mental health issues, and commonly diagnosed diseases such as diabetes and asthma.
- • Details on new drug approvals including indications, treatment regimens, adverse reactions, drug-drug interactions, warnings and precautions, and use in special populations
Key Features:
- • Provides new drug treatment regimens for drugs that are first in class, novel drugs, orphan drugs, new drugs with breakthrough or fast track designation and drugs with new indications and expanded social populations.
- • Includes drug prescribing information on diseases prevalent outside of North America, including endemic diseases with known transmission and treatment interventions.
- • Serves advanced practice providers across the United States and internationally.
- • Consistent with approvals and recommendations for use by the FDA.
Doody's Reviews
Quotes, Reviews or Testimonials
"This is a viable reference that no health care providers' desks should be without. Although there are many drug prescribing and pharmaceutical drug reference books available to the nurse practitioner and physician associate, this version is organized by diagnosis, not drug classifications. Therefore, this is an excellent desk reference for any busy health care provider. Looking up a diagnosis allows the reader to see all the viable options available all in one section. Therefore, no option is overlooked. The layout of this book is superior for the student and seasoned health care provider alike."
-- Chrystyne Olivieri, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES (Sacred Heart University) Doody's Review
"I like this book and may use it myself when searching for a specific diagnosis and how to treat it with medication. I have seen no other drug handbook by diagnosis that also includes dosages. I especially like the tables, such as for birth control pills, that make it possible to compare two or more ingredients. Updates of guides like these probably need to be done every three to four years."
-- Carol Agana, MNSc, RNP, APRN (University of Arkansas) Doody's Review - previous edition
"I don't know of a comparable reference in handbook format. This is an excellent tool for providers to look up dosages for a particular medication and, if they do not know which medication to use for a particular condition, they can use it to find several options."
-- Carol Agana, MNSc, RNP, APRN (University of Arkansas)Doody's Review - previous edition
Audience
This is a valuable resource for any student or medical professional in need of a handy pharmacology reference. Students would benefit from using this book to review specific diagnoses and commonly used drugs to prepare for exams and clinical rotations. Although most of the diagnoses are found in primary care, there are several specific specialty drug lists in this book: psychology, cardiology, oncology, pulmonary and HIV. All health care providers in clinical practice would benefit from this desk top reference to make sure all drug options are reviewed prior to making the final choice.
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