CREATESPACE 140 Must Know Meds: Demolish Nursing Pharmacology

The book should not be even in print as there are other pharm books with complete information.

As a nursing instructor I have struggled with how to get my students to get and retain the info they need on meds, without spending hours and hours on med cards they don't remember, nor gain much utility from. I wanted a simple book and this book meets that need only a little. It's a simplistic book, with key highlights on the meds, but it's missing important information like side effects. Plus, frankly the editorial layout of the book seems very poorly thought out. I don't h know who the editor was but the font is incredily small, leaving huge spaces around the text. There's an annoying footer that takes of a significant amount of space on every single page. Their are some pages that are completely blank except for one single bullet point--certainly there was a way to include that on the other page prior. There is one author listed yet early on there's page listing three authors. Frankly, the authors don't seem to have any significant credentials. Not even a BSN is listed for the main author. There's apparently an RN/Pharmacist, working on his CRNA for second author-quite strange. In my decades in heatlh care I have never come across an RN/pharmacist. This book has potential. It's very, very low prices seems to reflect the quality and usefulness.

I feel like this was not the best money spent. I love the title of the book. However, the meds are in alphabetical order and just black and white page and just simple text print words on a page. I don’t know, I’m just underwhelmed and not impressed. I would much prefer that the meds be grouped by body systems and classification of the med with an alphabetical index in the back.

I purchased the 140 Must Know Meds, 76 Cheat Sheets and the Assessment book. I was disappointed when reviewing the items as it really does make a difference for certain things to be in color. In particular when assessing a patient and looking at the different stages of pressure ulcers etc. Also you really cant see certain things either due to the font or the way it was printed...

Information was sparse! I was not expecting all that was in the drug guide but was hoping for something that I could use to help pass my med admin class!! Nope! Layout and print is ok but I would rather have more information and a lousy layout! Overall disappointed. Plus I need to make 50 med card and this only had 18 of the ones I needed! Like the concept but it didnt deliver for me.