Includes Index

Contents:Drug prescribing and administration -- Terms, symbols, abbreviation and units -- Drug storage -- Neonatal drug administration -- Drug storage -- Neonatal Drug administration -- Drugs and the body -- Drugs and the law -- The care and use of intravascular line -- Minimizing iv infusion and drug hazards -- Adverse reaction and over treatment -- writing out a hospital prescription -- Body wight and surface area -- Further reading -- Making choices -- Suspected bacteria infection -- Clots and emboli -- Managing seizure -- Circulatory control -- sedation and pain relief -- Maternal drug abuse -- Renal failure -- Drug monographs -- Maternal medication and its effect on the baby -- Bibliography -- Index