cover image - Understanding Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323825726
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 02-21-2023
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $71.99

Understanding Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN and Linda A. LaCharity, PhD, RN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Understanding Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323825726
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 02-21-2023
Page Count: 608
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $71.99
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Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons — such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts — to help you really understand how drugs work, instead of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN®.

    • Sections on "Priority Actions to Take Before," "Priority Actions to Take After," and "Teaching Priorities for Patients" emphasize important aspects of drug administration, monitoring, follow-up, and patient teaching
    • Life span considerations outline nursing implications for drugs used in children, older adults, and pregnant women
    • Math and dosage calculations review reinforces medication preparation safety
    • Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination! sections at the end of each chapter summarize key points and provide review questions that reinforce important concepts learned in the chapter
    • An array of marginal cartoon icons in Common Side Effects boxes help visual learners remember essential drug side effects
    • Drug Alert and Do Not Confuse boxes highlight areas of common drug/dosage errors.
    • Memory Jogger boxes help you retain important drug information
    • Try This! boxes in the math chapter allow you to practice dosage calculation concepts
    • NEW! Clinical Judgment questions at the end of each clinical chapter offer additional self-assessment on pharmacology and medication administration
    • NEW! Critical Point for Safety boxes emphasize very important pharmacologic concepts to remember
    • NEW! Approximately 40 animations on the companion Evolve website supplement important concepts related to understanding pharmacology
    • NEW! Printed answer key with rationales in the back of the book makes it easy to check your answers and assess your comprehension
    • UPDATED! Revised drug tables provide adult dosages and nursing implications for individual drugs
  • UNIT I GENERAL ASPECTS OF PHARMACOLOGY
    1. Drug Therapy: Roles, Regulations, Actions,and Responses
    2. Safely Preparing and Giving Drugs

    UNIT II MATHEMATICS FOR PHARMACOLOGY AND DOSAGE CALCULATION
    3. Mathematics Review and Introduction to Dosage Calculations
    4. Medical Systems of Weights and Measures
    5. Dosage Calculation of Intravenous Solutions and Drugs

    UNIT III PHARMACOLOGY FOR MULTISYSTEM APPLICATION
    6. Antiinfectives: Antibacterial Drugs
    7. Antiinfectives: Antiviral Drugs
    8. Antiinfectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs
    9. Drugs for Pain Control, Migraines, and Skeletal Muscle Spasms
    10. General Antiinflammatory Drugs
    11. Immunizations and Immunosuppressant Drugs

    UNIT IV DRUG THERAPY FOR PROBLEMS OF THE CIRCULATORY AND CARDIAC SYSTEMS
    12. Drugs That Affect Urine Output
    13. Drug Therapy for Hypertension
    14. Drug Therapy for Heart Failure
    15. Drug Therapy for Dysrhythmias
    16. Drug Therapy for High Blood Lipids
    17. Drugs That Affect Blood Clotting

    UNIT V DRUG THERAPY FOR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PROBLEMS
    18. Drug Therapy for Asthma and Other Respiratory Problems

    UNIT VI DRUG THERAPY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS
    19. Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Problems
    20. Drug Therapy for Gastric Ulcers, Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    UNIT VII DRUG THERAPY FOR ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS
    21. Drug Therapy for Diabetes
    22. Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland Problems

    UNIT VIII DRUG THERAPY FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM PROBLEMS
    23. Drug Therapy for Seizures
    24. Drug Therapy for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases
    25. Drug Therapy for Psychiatric Problems
    26. Drug Therapy for Insomnia
    27. Drug Therapy for Eye Problems

    UNIT IX DRUG THERAPY FOR PROBLEMS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
    28. Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive Problems
    29. Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive Problems
  • M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA and Linda A. LaCharity, PhD, RN, Formerly, Accelerated Program Director, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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