Names, Uses, Administration, & Side Effects - OLD - BIOL 2214: Anatomy & Physiology I - Carey Chaney, Instructor

Background Research Basics

Use these sources to:

gain familiarity with the drug.

find some names of the drug.

discover some uses of the drug.

identify side effects and contraindications related to the drug.

Mosby's 2024 Nursing Drug Reference by Linda Skidmore-Roth
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780443118906
Publication Date: 2023-05-01
Choose the drug handbook trusted by nurses for over 35 years!
Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2024 - E-Book by Robert Kizior; Keith Hodgson
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780443116070
Publication Date: 2023-04-03
Provides you with current, detailed information on more than 1,000 generic and 4,000 trade name drugs.
Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care - E-Book by Jacqueline Burchum; Laura Rosenthal
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780323512275
Publication Date: 2018-04-05
10th Edition
2023 Nurse's Drug Handbook by Jones & Jones & Bartlett Learning
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781284274103
Publication Date: 2022-12-02
Find accurate and timely facts on hundreds of drugs from A-Z.
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses 18th ed. by April Hazard Vallerand; Cynthia A. Sanoski
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781719646406
Publication Date: 2022-05-18
Discover everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan.

These books may be used for 2-hours in the library. Ask at the front desk.

Mosby's 2022 Nursing Drug Reference by Linda Skidmore-Roth
Call Number: Ask at Front Desk
ISBN: 9780323826075
Publication Date: 2021-05-25
Pearson Nurse's Drug Guide 2022 by Kelly Shields; Kami Fox; Christina Liebrecht
Call Number: ASK AT FRONT DESK
ISBN: 0136896952
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
Get clinical information for hundreds of drugs, including adverse reactions, interactions, side effects, and the impact on lab results.
Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care by Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal Provides a solid understanding of key drugs and their implications for nursing care.
Call Number: ASK AT FRONT DESK
ISBN: 9780323825221
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach by Linda E. McCuistion; Jennifer J. Yeager; Mary Beth Winton; Kathleen DiMaggio Using a streamlined prototype approach and an emphasis on nursing care, this text makes it easy for today's nursing students to better understand the complicated subject of pharmacology.
Call Number: ASK AT FRONT DESK
ISBN: 9780323399166
Publication Date: 2017-03-09

Drugs@FDA
FDA approved drug products
DailyMed
Contains 91,704 drug listings as submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
MedlinePlus Drugs
Learn about prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines. Includes side effects, dosage, special precautions, and more.
PubMed Health Drugs A-Z
Information from U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Medline Plus Herbs and Supplements
Browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.

Merck Manual PROFESSIONAL Drug Information
Written by medical professionals for medical professionals.
PDR: Prescribers' Digital Reference
Provides healthcare professionals access to important drug information.
StatPearls @National Library of Medicine
Use the small SEARCH THIS BOOK bar to find peer-reviewed continuing education clinical content.

DEA Drug Information (Drug Enforcement Agency)
Drug facts, scheduling, policy and Controlled Substances Act.
DEA Drug Fact Sheets
Information on narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and other "drugs of concern" from the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Drugs of Abuse: A DEA Resource Guide (2020 edition)
Provided information about the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States. Includes a listing of drugs by schedule I, II, III, IV, and V.
DEA Drug Scheduling
Explanation and link to alphabetical list of Controlled Substances.

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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Information for nursing and allied health professionals including scholarly and peer reviewed journal articles.
PubMed Central (Open Access Subset) This link opens in a new window
Biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
MEDLINE - Professional and Scholarly Medical Journals This link opens in a new window
Top medical and biomedical journal articles.
Health & Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Medical & professional publications for nursing & allied health students.
Health & Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Reference material, scholarly journals and other authoritative medical sources.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Edited encyclopedia articles.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
eBook articles