Gahart’s 2020 Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals (Original PDF from Publisher)

Gahart’s Intravenous Medications: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

Administering intravenous (IV) medications is an essential skill for nurses and healthcare professionals. Accurate and up-to-date information is paramount to ensuring patient safety and efficacy. Gahart’s Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals has been a trusted resource for over 45 years, providing comprehensive drug coverage, unparalleled accuracy, and an intuitive format.

Updated and Comprehensive Coverage

This 36th edition of Gahart’s Intravenous Medications includes over a dozen new monographs on the most recent FDA-approved IV drugs. With its comprehensive coverage of more than 400 IV drugs, it offers an unmatched breadth of information that exceeds any comparable drug reference.

Impeccable Accuracy and Annual Publication

Gahart’s has a long-standing reputation for impeccable accuracy, ensuring that healthcare professionals have the most current and reliable information at their fingertips. Its annual publication ensures that outdated information is never a concern.

Essential Information for Safe Administration

Gahart’s provides the perfect depth of information for safe and effective IV drug administration. It includes everything clinicians need to know, without unnecessary or overwhelming details.

Convenient and Easy-to-Use Format

The clinically-optimized format ensures that each drug’s dosage information is conveniently located on a single page or two-page spread. This prevents hand contamination by eliminating the need to turn pages.

Critical Information at Your Fingertips

Highlighted Black Box Warnings and relevant content make locating critical information fast and easy. Special circumstances, which may not warrant black box warnings, are highlighted in blue-screened text to draw attention to important considerations.

Dosage Considerations

Dosage variances for geriatric, pediatric, infant, and neonatal patients are clearly highlighted, ensuring that healthcare professionals administer appropriate doses based on patient age and life stage.

Quick Access to Clinical Information

Dilution and dosage charts within the monographs provide quick access to essential clinical information. An alphabetical format organizes all drug monographs by generic name for easy and rapid retrieval.

Digital Enhancements

Additional drug monographs are housed on the companion Evolve website, providing even more comprehensive coverage.

Essential Updates

This edition features updates on drug interactions, precautions, alerts, and more, ensuring that all changes to existing medications are reflected in the guide. New drug monographs for approximately 10 to 15 newly approved FDA drugs keep healthcare professionals up-to-date with the latest in IV drug therapy.

Gahart’s Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals remains the gold standard for IV drug information, providing the confidence and guidance healthcare professionals need to safely and effectively treat patients.