Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Drug Therapy

By Robert Kizior BS RPh and Keith Hodgson RN BSN CCRN, this easy-to-use handbook provides current, detailed information on more than 1,000 generic and 4,000 trade name drugs, including 19 new FDA-approved medications.

Quick Reference Made Easy

The Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2025 is organized alphabetically with A-to-Z tabs for quick and easy access to over 1,000 generic name drugs, covering more than 4,000 trade name drugs.

UNIQUE Features

• Herbal information is included in the appendix and on the companion Evolve website, covering the interactions and effects of commonly encountered herbs.
• Detailed information for each drug includes side effects listed by frequency, and adverse effects and reactions requiring prompt intervention.
• Drugs by Disorder are listed in the front of the book for easy reference, showing common disorders and the drugs most often used for treatment.

Safe Administration of Drugs

The handbook highlights Black Box Alerts and High Alert drugs to promote safe administration of drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm, and Do Not Confuse With warnings call out drug names that sound alike or look alike.

Top 100 Drugs and More

The Top 100 Drugs list helps you easily identify the most frequently administered drugs. Cross-references to the 400 top U.S. brand-name drugs are located throughout the book for easy access. A list of newly approved medications in the front of the book makes it easy to locate the latest drugs.

Nursing Considerations and IV Content

Nursing considerations are organized in a functional nursing process framework and include baseline assessment, intervention/evaluation, and patient/family teaching. Information on lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations covers special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, hepatic, and immune- or renal-compromised patients. Extensive IV content includes IV compatibilities/IV incompatibilities and breaks down key information on reconstitution, rate of administration, and storage, as well as an IV Compatibility Chart foldout covering 65 intravenous drugs.

Customizable and Printable Monographs

Customizable and printable monographs for 100 of the most commonly used drugs are located on the companion Evolve website, providing easy access to the most current drug information.

New Updates and Features

NEW! Drug monographs for 19 new FDA-approved medications provide the most current drug information. NEW! Updates include uses, dosage forms, interactions, precautions, and other need-to-know information to help prevent medication dispensing errors.

Product Details:

• Publisher: Saunders; 1st edition (April 19, 2024)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 1552 pages
• ISBN-10: 044312048X
• ISBN-13: 978-0443120480