Drug books?

Carrie_MTC · Sep 14, 2010

Amazon.com: Pearson Nurses Drug Guide 2011 (9780132149266): Billie A. Wilson, Margaret T. Shannon, Kelly Shields: Books I use the 2009 edition. It comes with a CD-ROM that was great especially in nursing school. I would look up all of my patient's meds then print them out and bring it to clinical with me.

REDDOG RN · Sep 14, 2010

For nursing school, we were required to have "Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses." It's by Judith Hopfer Deglin and April Hazard Vallerand. They upgrade the editions each year. It also comes with a disk.

I love it because it has extra stuff like pictures of what the drugs look like, a classifications section, measurement conversion table, Centigrade/Fahrenheit conversions, pupil scale and other stuff, in addition to the drug listings. Not sure what other drug books have because like I stated before, this drug book was what my nursing school required.

I know that when I first started nursing school and began clinical, the book seemed like a real pain in the a**. But that was only because I wasn't familiar with using it. As I got more familiar with it, it was a great resource and I wouldn't use anything else. *Sigh*.........I love that book!!!! Now this is the book that worked for me. Other nursing schools I'm sure require and use different drug books.

I have heard from other people that Mosby's books are really good. Trust your instructors for I'm sure they picked it and require it for a certain reason. I'd suggest sticking with what your school requires (for now) and give it a chance for at least a semester. By then you should know if it works for you. Best of luck in nursing school!!