Pharmacy Books

easy to look drugs up, without having to buy a palm pilot. highlights important adverse effects, which can be confusing when there are so many though some adversities are more prevalent than others for a single drug.

How many errors could be alleviated if more nurses looked up their meds?! However, since on most units, medbooks are only available in the medroom and a medbook is too bulky to carry in most cases, the sad fact is that meds are not looked up. My first PDA drug guide was Mosby's, which I have had for over a year; I now also own Davis's. I cannot tell you how many nurses have asked me to quickly look up their meds to see check on dosages, adverse reactions, or nursing considerations. More than one time the meds have been held or orders questioned as a result, but had I not been in the room, the med likely would have been given. How nice it is to have an entire med book electronically available in your pocket, searchable by both generic and brand names (no more flipping through indexes trying to find the generic name), always accessible.

So now you are convinced of the necessity of owning a PDA drug guide, but which one should you buy. Like I said, I have owned Mosby's drug guide for over a year and have just recently purchased Davis. I have found Davis' drug guide to be more thorough. Davis is also easier to navigate. Both Davis and Mosby have drop-down menus to quickly jump to the desired section of the med-entry (i.e. mechanism of action, adverse reactions/side effects, compatibility, nursing considerations, client education, etc); however since Davis has the content divided into more subsections, it is quicker to navigate to the desired content. So, my personal choice is Davis, however I do not think you would be amiss to purchase either of these. I only encourage you to move out of the hard-copy med-book and to the PDA version.

You may also like to know that you can integrate many other helpful resources such as lab value guides (included in Medical-Surgical Nursing Clinical Companion, ISBN 0323031994), medical dictionaries (Like Taber's, ISBN 080361408X), and more. I hope that more nurses are walking around with entire reference libraries in their pockets resulting in better practice, improved patient outcomes, and reduced errors.

This book lets you learn a bit on every one of the popular Rx medications available for sale today. Includes international name, US name, what it's used for and some pictures. Very usefull for the non-professional.

It's also important to say, it covers all of the 200 most popular medications, and you will not find a drug that is a MUST to be included which is not.

I was very dissapointed to receive a CD I could't use. From the description I though it was a standard CD for desktops, I didn't even know what PDA stood for. Thus the main reason I ordered was defeated because I wanted a drug checker for my computer.

This is one of the better books available to give you a good general feel for all the different aspects of the pharmacy technician's job responsibilities. There are a lot of color pictures and examples which are lacking in many other books. The book gives a general description of the different positions a pharmacy technician may hold such as duties in a hospital setting or in a retail setting, special duties such as preparing chemotherapy drugs, IV drugs and compounding, and also includes chapters on the different body systems and drugs that treat diseases in each system. A CD comes with the book that has animations of the body systems and problems to work on to help prepare for the certification exam. The appendix includes a list of 200 of the more popular drugs and a math review. There is also a practice exam at the end. This is a good all inclusive book if you only want to buy one book that covers a little of everything instead of buying all the books in a series. I work as a technician in a pharmacy and I would recommend this book.

Pharmaceutical drugs and their long-term side effects are the direct or remote cause of many of our "most popular" modern diseases. A symptom tells us there is a body imbalance; pharmaceutical drugs usually attack the symtom and suppress the body's natural healing ability. Walker and Brown advocate a different approach: removing the blocks to healing and promoting the vital force within our bodies that keeps our immune system and organs functioning normally. (The simplest "natural cure" they cite is universally available, inexpensive, and so common we overlook it-- pure water.) There is an introductory discussion of homeopathics, but this is NOT a handbook on homeopathics, and you don't have to be "into" homeopathics at all to find this book helpful. The authors cite many ailments or diseases A-Z. The explanation of each ailment is followed by various headings such as: Drug Treatment (the standard prescription), Conventional Treatment, Natural Alternatives, Nutritional Supplementation, Homeopathetic Remedies, Dietary Modification, Things to Avoid, Helpful Tips. What I found especially helpful was the unconventional causes (which often seemed intuitively correct to me) listed under various ailments or diseases. It made it possible to correlate separate problems as stemming from core deficiencies or assaults on my body's immune system. With this new understanding, implementing the natural alternatives suggested by the authors made sense. The format makes it easy to "check out" various diseases or symptoms and quickly locate healthful alternatives to drug therapy.

This gorgeous gift item contains 50 cards detailing an illustration, use, international history, and scientific information on 50 of the most well-known plant/herb species. The "use" section covers both historical perspectives from a variety of cultures as well as modern usage.

The visual representations of each species are unparalled--they feature both the entire plant as well as the seeds, flowers, roots, and more.

This is a remarkable gift item for any gardner or herb lover.

This is an excellent resource for everyone. These are simple remedies that actually work. This book is an excellent alternative resource for many common problems. Most Americans are reluctant to try alternative remedies, but the rest of the world has used them with sucess for ages.

This easy convient handbook is every nursing students dream come true. It is compact, easy to manage in an emergency situation and also gives the important imformtion needed to make drug administration quick and easy. A must for a student or even a new grad in the nursing profession.

IT IS VERY HELPFULL, AND AN EXCELLENT REVIEW BOOK, I RECOMMED IT FOR EVERYBODY.