Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Pharmacology
Choose the drug handbook trusted by nurses for over 35 years! Mosby's 2027 Nursing Drug Reference makes it easy to find the most vital information on the drugs you administer most frequently. More than 5,000 drugs are profiled — including more than 22 new entries for drugs recently approved by the FDA. And no other drug guide places a higher emphasis on patient safety, with Black Box Warnings for dangerous adverse reactions, High Alerts for drugs with the greatest risk, and a focus on both common and life-threatening side effects. From nursing pharmacology expert Linda Skidmore-Roth, this perennial bestseller proves there is a difference in drug guides.
New to this edition
- NEW! More than 22 monographs on newly released, FDA-approved drugs provide up-to-date information on the latest drug therapies
- UPDATED! Completely reviewed and revised drug monographs cover new interactions, precautions, alerts, patient teaching instructions, and other need-to-know information, boosting your confidence in the accuracy of the information and helping you prevent medication dispensing errors
Key Features
- Content on more than 5,000 generic and trade name drugs covers almost every drug you are likely to encounter in clinicals
- Black Box Warning feature alerts you to FDA warnings of potentially life-threatening reactions
- Safety Alert feature icon highlights the most critical interactions and side-effects that you must be aware of during clinicals
- Bold coverage of IV drug administration helps you easily find appropriate dosage and IV administration instructions to safely administer these drugs
- Side effects information is organized by body system and identified as common or life-threatening, showing signs to watch for during assessments
- Nursing Process steps are used as the framework to organize all nursing care information, helping you learn how to easily and completely incorporate the nursing process into your clinical experiences
- Logical alphabetical organization by generic name with both trade and generic names in the index provides quick access to information on specific drugs Complete pharmacokinetic information is summarized in a table and includes the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as its action, duration, and excretion