Pharmacology Online for Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 9th Edition

• NEW! Thoroughly updated drug content reflects the very latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses, as well as corresponding updated nursing content.
• NEW! Enhanced discussion questions have students apply content from textbook reading to address true-to-life clinical situations like those they will encounter in practice.
• UNIQUE! Roadside Assistance video clips use humor and analogy to bring key pharmacology content to life.

• NEW! Thoroughly updated drug content reflects the very latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses, as well as corresponding updated nursing content
• NEW! Enhanced discussion questions have you apply content from textbook reading to address true-to-life clinical situations like those you will encounter in practice.
• NEW! Numerous updated illustrations help explain difficult to understand concepts.

PART ONE: PHARMACOLOGY BASICS
Self-Study Module: Overview of Pharmacology
Self-Study Module: Pharmaceutics
Self-Study Module: Pharmacokinetics 1: Absorption
Self-Study Module: Pharmacokinetics 2: Distribution
Self-Study Module: Pharmacokinetics 3: Metabolism
Self-Study Module: Pharmacokinetics 4: Excretion
Self-Study Module: Pharmacokinetics 5: Plasma Drug Concentrations
Self-Study Module: Pharmacodynamics: Dose-Response Relationships and Receptors
Self-Study Module: Pharmacotherapeutics 1: Assessment and Monitoring
Self-Study Module: Pharmacotherapeutics 2: Drug-Drug Interactions
Self-Study Module: Pharmacotherapeutics 3: Drug-Food and Drug-Nutrient Interactions
Self-Study Module: Pharmacotherapeutics 4: Medication Misadventures
Self-Study Module: Drug Calculation Review
Case Study: Medication Errors and Medication Administration
Case Study: The Elderly and Polypharmacy
Case Study: Herbal Therapy
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Herbal Supplements
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Poisoning Prevention
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART TWO: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Self-Study Module: Neuropharmacology
Self-Study Module: Pain
Case Study: Antidepressants
Case Study: Pain
Case Study: Antiseizure/Antiepileptic Medications
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Parkinson’s Disease
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Substance Abuse
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART THREE: DRUGS AFFECTING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Case Study 3: Adrenergic Agonists
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Hypertension
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Myasthenia Gravis
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART FOUR: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL SYSTEMS
Self-Study Module: Antihypertensives
Self-Study Module: Pharmacotherapy of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia
Case Study: Antiangina Medications and Coronary Heart Disease
Case Study: Diuretics and Potassium Imbalances
Case Study: Anticoagulants
Case Study: Medications for Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Hyperlipidemia
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Drug-Induced Hypokalemia
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART FIVE: DRUGS AFFECTING THE ENDOCRINE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
Self-Study Module: Medications for Diabetes Mellitus
Case Study: Hypothyroidism Therapy in Pregnancy
Case Study: Oral Antidiabetic Medications
Case Study: Oral Contraception
Case Study: Osteoporosis Therapy
Case Study: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Addison’s disease
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Erectile Dysfunction
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Infertility
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART SIX: DRUGS AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Self-Study Module: Medications for Asthma
Case Study 6: Asthma Therapy
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Nasal Allergy
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART SEVEN: ANTIINFECTIVE AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS
Self-Study Module: Essentials of Antibacterial Therapy
Case Study: Infection and Antibiotics
Case Study: Malaria
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Tuberculosis
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Pinworms
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART EIGHT: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS AND IMMUNE AND BIOLOGIC MODIFIERS
Case Study: Immunizations
Case Study: Managing Side Effects of Anticancer Drugs
Case Study: Multiple Sclerosis
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Breast cancer
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Transplantation
Interactive Learning Activities Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART NINE: DRUGS AFFECTING THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM AND NUTRITION
Self-Study Module: Medications for Peptic Ulcer Disease with H. pylori
Case Study: Laxatives
Case Study: Nutrition
Case Study: Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease
Case Study: Anemia Drugs
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Nausea
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

PART TEN:  DERMATOLOGIC, OPHTHALMIC, AND OTIC DRUGS
Case Study 10: Isotretinoin Therapy in a Female Patient
Care Planning Activity and Answer Guidelines: Glaucoma
Interactive Learning Activities
Practice Quizzes for the NCLEX Examination

LIBRARY OF SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
Roadside Assistance Video Clips
• What's in a Name?: Deciphering Drug Names
• Presto. . . Change-o: Understanding Drug Metabolism
• The Donut Decay Principle: Understanding Drug Half-life (Part 1)
• The Number Shall Be Five. . . and Five Shall Be the Number: Understanding Drug Half-life (Part 2)
• I Saw You from Across a Crowded Room: Understanding Agonists and Antagonists (Part 1)
• I Thought We Had Some Chemistry: Understanding Agonists and Antagonists (Part 2)
• Striking the Mother Lode: Polypharmacy and the Danger of Drug Interactions
• To Err is Human, But It Can Have Consequences: Targeting Medication Errors
• Different Strokes. . . or Nausea or Headaches or Indigestion. . . for Different Folks: Understanding Individual Variations in Drug Response
• Take Me Out to the Synapse: Understanding the Basis of Neuropharmacology
• A Game of Musical Chairs: Understanding Protein Binding Drug Interactions
• Friday Night at the Supermarket: Understanding Inhibition of Drug Metabolism
• Big Things CAN Come in Little Packages: Understanding Drug Potency
• It's Just a Chemical Imbalance: Understanding the Basics of Psychopharmacology
• When Drugs Lose Their Punch: Understanding Drug Tolerance
• "Fight or Flight" and "Rest and