Focus On Nursing Pharmacology - Couverture souple

Karch, Amy Morrison

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0781753708 ISBN 13 : 9780781753708

Editeur : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Synopsis

Now in its Third Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book methodically explains the rationale for each drug class' therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, ensuring that students fully understand this important content. Each chapter includes drug summary tables (with dosages), Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes, all-inclusive nursing care guides based on a typical case study with critical thinking tips and patient teaching checklists. Each chapter ends with NCLEX[registered]-style questions and other questions to form a mini-study guide.New to this edition are: Prototype Drug boxes with details on prototype drugs; focus on the Evidence boxes promoting evidence-based practice; mid-chapter Focus Points summaries of key content; focus on Patient Safety emphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly to the patient; and, increased pharmacokinetics information. A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a free video on medication administration, additional NCLEX[registered]-style questions, and other learning tools.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

School of Health Sciences, Swansea University, Sue Jordan, Senior lecturer, -- "This book is one of the few to detail nursing care related to medication administration". Queen's University Belfast, Student Nurse --"As part of my course focuses on pharmacology I was delighted when this book was given to me and I wasn't disappointed as the book dealt with quite a difficult and varied subject in a clear and precise manner."

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, UK Edition".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0781753708
• ISBN 13: 9780781753708
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 992
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible