Best Pharmacy Books of 2025

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Eighteenth Edition is a comprehensive resource for administering medications safely throughout the lifespan. It includes well-organized monographs on hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names. The nursing-focused approach emphasizes patient safety, with a special focus on high-alert medications and life-threatening side effects. The book also provides access to a free one-year subscription to DrugGuide.com, which features updated information on trade names, generic drugs, audio pronunciations, and color photographs.

The Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers, 5th Edition is a comprehensive guide that equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to be safe and effective prescribers of medications. The text covers pharmacologic principles and their application to clinical practice, focusing on medications most relevant to Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers. The online case studies and quizzing tools provide an interactive learning experience that helps students master the content. Overall, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their knowledge of pharmacology and prescribing applications.

The Seventh Edition of Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology is an indispensable guide for all mental health prescribers. With nine new drugs and updated profiles, the book covers important new indications and formulations of existing drugs. The book's easy-to-use, full-colour template-driven navigation system combines evidence-based data with clinically informed advice to support everyone who is prescribing in the field of mental health. Stephen M. Stahl, the author, is a renowned Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside. Overall, this book is a must-have for mental health professionals and a valuable resource in the field of psychopharmacology.

The Nursing2023 Drug Handbook is a comprehensive guide that provides evidence-based drug monographs for nearly 3700 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs. The book is organized alphabetically and includes a "New Drugs" section, making it easy to check drug facts on the spot. It also comes with a pill guide insert with full-color photos of commonly prescribed tablets and capsules. The monthly updates on Lippincott® NursingCenter® deliver the latest FDA information, and the nearly 30 appendices cover various topics such as pregnancy risk categories and understanding biosimilar drugs. Overall, this book is an essential resource for preventing medication errors and providing optimal patient care.

The 2023 Lippincott Pocket Drug Guide for Nurses is an essential resource for nursing students and practitioners. With more than 3,900 medication monographs, the guide provides comprehensive information on generic and trade names, drug classes, pregnancy risk, dosages, adverse effects, drug interactions, nursing considerations, and patient teaching. The guide is updated with 24 new FDA-approved drugs and comprehensive content updates to ensure effective outcomes. The book's A-to-Z organization, appendices, and indexed generic and trade names save time and provide instant access to the necessary drug information. The guide's special section on patient safety and medication administration also alerts readers to important considerations for safe nursing practice. Overall, the guide is an excellent resource for anyone in the nursing profession.

Mosby's 2023 Nursing Drug Reference is a reliable drug handbook for nurses with over 5,000 drugs that are profiled, including 35 new entries for recently FDA-approved drugs. The book's emphasis on patient safety sets it apart from other drug guides, featuring Black Box Warnings for dangerous adverse reactions and Safety Alerts for situations requiring special attention. The book is organized alphabetically by generic name and includes pharmacokinetic information, drug categories, and IV drug administration instructions. Overall, this book is an essential reference for nurses who want to ensure patient safety when administering drugs.

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach, 5th Edition, is a comprehensive guide to prescribing and administering drugs safely and effectively. The book covers more than 50 common disorders, including pain management, Opioid Use Disorder, and use of cannabis. It also includes updated content on complementary and alternative medicine therapies, pharmacogenomics, liver disorders, and substance use disorders. The book offers easy-to-follow, evidence-based algorithms and drug tables, and is organized by drug class, with quick-scan access to generic and trade names, and dosages. This is an ideal resource for advanced practice clinicians and students, as well as experienced clinicians.

Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition is a comprehensive guide for nurses to learn accurate drug calculations and safe administration of medications. The book covers three major methods of dosage calculation with step-by-step instructions and thousands of practice problems to ensure proficiency. The emphasis on clinical reasoning helps prevent medication errors, and the Next Generation NCLEX® case studies improve clinical judgment skills. Safety Alert boxes and Tips for Clinical Practice boxes provide critical information for math calculation and patient safety. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for nurses seeking to improve their drug calculation skills and ensure patient safety.

Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 6th edition, is a comprehensive textbook that simplifies the study of pharmacology by linking it to therapeutic goals. It uses a holistic approach, focusing on body systems and diseases to draw connections between anatomy, diseases, and drug interventions. The book provides engaging features, exercises, and discussions of alternative therapies and cultural and lifespan considerations that give further context for clinical decisions. The 6th edition includes the most current pharmacotherapeutics and advances in pathophysiology. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for nursing students who want to master key concepts and develop clinical reasoning skills.

Hanke's Med-Math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation, & Administration is a highly recommended book for nursing pharmacology students. The text features a hands-on approach to learning dosage calculation and drug administration principles with step-by-step problem-solving techniques and in-chapter exercises. The book's over 70 Calculations in Action Animations provide students with real-world examples of how to solve equations presented in the text. Published by LWW, this best-selling text is a must-have for nursing students who want to gain confidence in their ability to calculate dosages and administer drugs safely and effectively.