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The FA Davis Package conveniently contains our latest versions of the Davis`s Drug Guide for Nurses, the Davis`s Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests, and the Taber`s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary; all at a discounted rate.

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Price $109.99

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FA Davis Package Contains:

Davis`s Drug Guide for Nurses with Integrated Calculators 4.0, based on Davis`s Drug Guide 11th Ed (FA Davis Co) provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date drug information in well-organized, nursing-focused monographs. It includes extensive supplemental material in 18 appendices, thoroughly addresses the issue of safe medication administration, educates the reader about 50 different therapeutic classes of drugs, and conveniently includes invaluable calculation tools by Medical Wizards.

In this 11th edition, we have continued the tradition of focusing on safe medication administration and even more information about health care’s most vulnerable patients: children, the elderly, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. Look for more Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation headings throughout the monographs. In addition, we’ve expanded our information relevant to Canadian students and nurses. You’ll find a new appendix comparing Canadian and U.S. pharmaceutical practices, more Canada-only combination drugs in the Combination Drugs appendix, and additional Canadian brand names in the drug monographs. To help you find this information quickly, we’ve also added a maple leaf icon in the index next to each Canadian entry.

Davis`s Drug Guide for Nurses with Integrated Calculators merges the advantages of weight based drug dosing calculation with a comprehensive drug reference. The user should review the integrated critical care infusion calculators for items such as dopamine, nitroglycerin, amiodarone, and other common critical care medications. The flashing red calculator icon alerts the user when looking up a drug that a calculator is available.

Completely updated with expanded content:
• High-alert drugs and life-threatening side effects are visually highlighted
• Over 5000 trade and generic drugs
• Nearly 150 drug classifications (therapeutic and pharmacologic)
• Comprehensive coverage on Over 1700 drug monographs
• 700 commonly used combination drugs
• 400 integrated calculators
• Extensive cross-linking has been implemented between drugs
• Search via Main, Generic, Trade, Therapeutic, Pharmacologic, and Eye Medications indexes
• "Do not confuse with, crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted
• Complete drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients
• IV information including dose, dilution, syringe/Y-site/additive/solution compatibility and incompatibility, rate, intermittent/continuous infusion, precautions, and more.

Monographs include:
• Action of Drug
• Adverse Reactions
• Assessment of Therapy
• Availability
• Contraindication/Precautions
• Dose/Route
• Evaluation of Therapy
• General Info (which includes High Alert Status, Drug Name, Classification, Pregnancy Category, and Controlled Substances Info)
• Implementation of Therapy
• Indications/Common Uses
• Interactions
• Patient/Family Teaching
• Pharmacokinetics
• Potential Nursing Diagnoses

Additional content includes:
• Abbreviations
• Administering Medications to Children
• Administration Techniques
• Canadian Drugs
• Combination Drugs
• Controlled Substances Info
• Conversion of Units Calculators
• Dietary Guidelines
• Drug Classifications
• Equinalgesic Dosing Guidelines
• Fentanyl Transderm Conversion
• Hazardous Drugs
• Immunizations
• Insulins and Insulin Therapy
• Laboratory Values
• Medication Errors
• Medications to Use with Caution
• Narcotic Equivalency Info
• Natural/Herbal Products
• Ophthalmic Medications
• Pediatric Dosage Calculations
• Pediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Requirements
• Pregnancy Category Information
• Recent Drug Approvals
• Special Dosing Considerations

Receive Free quarterly updates for one year following purchase with the latest FDA-approved medications from FA Davis - feel free to download a copy for evaluation.


Davis`s Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests 2.0, based on Davis`s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (2nd Edition), is the ideal reference for medical/nursing students, physicians and nurses alike. This easy-to-consult product contains over 400 monographs covering in excess of 650 tests including Alzheimer’s markers, cancer markers, expanded therapeutic drugs, communicable diseases, and much more. This reference manual provides the comprehensive experience of nursing, clinical laboratory, and radiology specialists at your fingertips.

The Second Edition is designed for practical day-to-day use:
• Headings separate content within monographs into easily accessible information segments.
• Includes concise explanations of the most common diagnostic tests.
• Nursing implications allow users to quickly check pre-test requirements, intratest procedures and monitoring, and post-test care.
• Critical values with life-threatening or serious implications are visually highlighted.
• Reference ranges are in conventional and SI units, accompanied by the SI conversion factor.
• An exhaustive index facilitates finding a test by any of its acronyms, synonyms, or abbreviations, and incorporates diseases and disorders.
• Tables group lab and diagnostic tests by system.

The ‘More’ section contains:
• Guidelines for age-specific communication
• Natural products (Effects on tests)
• Nursing diagnoses (Associated with tests)
• Patient prep for tests
• Standard precautions (CDC isolation precautions)
• Transfusion reactions

Other content upgrades include:
• Pathophysiologic rationales behind primary tests
• Step-by-step procedural explanations
• Social and cultural considerations
• Tips for providing emotional support during tests and communicating outcomes
• Expanded nutritional considerations to include discussion of their impact on the recovery process


Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 20th edition, developed by Medical Wizards and based on F.A. Davis’s best selling book, is now available on PDA. It defines nearly 50% more terms than any other medical dictionary, with over 56,000 entries (including 2,400 new terms). Enhanced for nurses and health-care professionals, patients and the general public - to better understand diseases and health-care terminology. Taber`s 20th edition is simply the most comprehensive medical dictionary available today.

Key features include:
• 56,000 definitions (including 2,400 new terms)
• More than 6,000 updated terms
• Nearly 700 NEW full color images and illustrations
• Almost 100 Patient Care sections and reference materials
• Cautions statements have been added to almost 350 terms
• Improved placement of multi-word entries in natural word order
• Approximately 30,000 pronunciations
• Newly updated definitions
• Updated and expanded appendices
• Extensive cross-linking between terms

New definitions, more tables, nearly 700 full color images, accurate and up-to-date information, natural program navigation, easy topic lookup, a history section, extensive cross-linked terms, and more! Taber’s 20th edition is a trusted medical dictionary - carefully reviewed to keep pace with the rapidly changing health care environment, and packed with the definitions and information needed to provide superior care for patients.