McKenna’s Drug Handbook for Nu

Australia and New Zealand

Available for the first time as a regularly updated app, McKenna’s Drug Handbook for Nursing and Midwifery gives clear guidance for safe and effective drug administration.

This essential reference for students and practitioners includes more than 1100 drug profiles and provides best-practice advice and information on:

• each drug’s characteristics and available forms (oral, IV, subcutaneous, etc)

• indications and dosages (common prescribed/off-label uses, accurate dosages, adjust-a-dose information for specific populations)

• action (route, onset, peak, half-life)

• adverse reactions (identified by body system)

• interactions (drug–drug, drug–herb, drug–lifestyle) and contraindications

• pregnancy risk categories and sports risk indicators

• care considerations (describes monitoring techniques, prevention and treatment, patient safety and comfort), and

• patient teaching guidelines.