#1 drug guide for nurses – 20th edition covers 5,000+ drugs, high-alert meds, and nursing “Cure & Care".
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Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 20th Edition is the most trusted drug reference for nursing students and professionals, delivering everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan. Built on a unique ‘Cure & Care’ approach, it provides well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names, emphasizing what each drug does (Cure) and the nurse’s role in administration and monitoring (Care). This comprehensive resource ensures patient safety with high-alert medication markers, life-threatening side effects in red bold text, REMS icons for risky drugs, and clear guidance on drug interactions. Special population considerations are integrated for pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy (OB), lactation, and reproductive-age patients.
Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses®, 20th Edition delivers everything you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan-well-organized monographs encompassing hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. Its nursing-focused ‘Cure & Care’ approach makes it the ideal resource for both student and practicing nurses by delivering exactly what they need to know to provide the very best care for their patients. ‘Cure’ explains what the drug does, while ‘Care’ describes what the nurse does and how the nursing process relates to the pharmacotherapeutics.
LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE AT A GLANCE
* #1 Drug Guide for patient safety
* Red tab for high alert medications, plus in-depth high alerts and patient safety coverage
* Red, bold, capitalized letters for life-threatening side effects
* REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) icon
* Drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions
* Special considerations for patient populations
* Geri heading identifies special concerns for older adults, including the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially
* Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
* OB and Lact headings highlight information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients
* Pedi heading identifies concerns for children
* Rep heading identifies considerations for patients of reproductive age
* IV Administration subheads
* Pharmacogenomic content
* Maple leaf icon to identify Canadian-specific content
* Patient and family teaching guidance
* Audio Library of 1,200+ drug names to help you pronounce important terms
* Calculators for body mass index (BMI), metric conversions, IV drip rates, dosage/KG and Fahrenheit/Celsius
* Appendix: Combination Drugs
Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 10: 1719653879, ISBN 13: 9781719653879
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Authors: Cynthia A. Sanoski
Publisher: F.A. Davis
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This Davis’s Nursing Guide is so helpful. It has all the drugs listed that I searched for and each drug topic has detailed information, built in drug calculators, nursing implications, etc.. I have a couple of other Nursing apps from Skyscape including IV Medications by Gahart and a Lab Diagnosis app and all very useful! Love the format and ease of use too!
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Thank you for your find review, we are happy to know this resource has been a positive help to you.
Very useful app!
Med_4_life
I was happy to find more high alert coverage and patient safety information in this app than in any other drug guide. Also, this app is integrated with 800+ built-in weight-based drug dosing calculators. All this makes my life easy. Highly recommended.
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Natural drugs too
smith1220
So many of my patients take supplements too. The natural drug index is so helpful, especially the interaction, side effects and contraindications. Having the app in my pocket is so efficient!
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to provide a 5-star review. We are happy to hear the natural drug index has been helpful.
Great app, but please enable landscape view
Nurse98760
Thanks for producing a great app with a very easy to use design! A quick suggestion - please enable landscape view! I have an iPad with the Apple keyboard stand and not having the ability to view in landscape makes it quite inconvenient. Otherwise, this is a great app! Thank you!
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words, we are working on expanding the functionality.
20th Edition Updates: Fully revised with the latest drug approvals and guidelines for 2026. Newly added drug monographs, updated high-alert medication list, and current REMS safety information improve patient safety coverage. Contains **all new and updated content** reflecting changes in therapeutic uses, dosages, and adverse effect warnings since the previous edition. All nursing considerations are aligned with the latest standards of care, ensuring the most **up-to-date guidance for safe medication administration**.
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