Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs

12th Edition

By: Adriana Tiziani

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Paperback | 26 February 2026 | Edition Number 12

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1746 Pages

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Essential reference for students and clinicians

Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs is an indispensable guide for nurses and nursing students that can be used both as a quick reference for medicine information and to acquire a deeper understanding for safe and effective drug administration by nurses.

The guide is accessible and user friendly. It provides all the information you need for safe administration of medication, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system for easy navigation.

The twelfth edition has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to ensure that usage, dose, side-effects, contraindications and precautions are consistent with current Australian pharmaceutical guidelines.

Key Features

Easy-to-use format – search for drugs by therapeutic class or body system
All the important information nurses need – poisons information, formulae for calculations of drug doses and drip rates
Nursing considerations such as patient safety, administration advice and cautions
Drug monographs include active ingredient and trade names, available forms, action, use, dosage, adverse effects and interactions
Patient education and advice notes to improve patient care and outcomes
A separate durable pocket card suitable for attaching to a lanyard with formulae, useful units and concentrations, and common abbreviations
Available in print and eBook

New to this edition

Each drug reviewed to ensure its relevance for nurses in Australia
Chapter introductions updated citing the latest evidence, in a language that promotes nurse and nursing student understanding
Updated icons offering a quick visual guide, helping readers locate key drug information including pregnancy and breastfeeding safety, crushability, dosage adjustments, and considerations for older adults and in sports
Therapeutic Goods Administration drug scheduling incorporated specifically for Schedule 8 medications

About the Author

By Adriana Tiziani, RN, BSc(Mon), Dip Ed(Melb), MEdSt(Mon), MRCNA, Course Director, Postgraduate Studies in Wound Care, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia; Mary Bushell, BPharm (Hons), GCLTHE, PhD; Kobi Schutz, BN, MPubHlth, GradCertEd, Lecturer in Nursing and Undergraduate Deputy Course Coordinator Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory and Shaunagh Darroch, BSc, MPharm,GradCertAcaPrac, Pharmacologist, Melbourne, Victoria,Australia

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