Focus On Nursing Pharmacology

By: Amy M. Karch

ISBN-13: 9780781753708
ISBN-10: 0781753708
Published date: 2006
In its Third Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book explains the rationale for each drug class’s therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects. New to this edition are Prototype Drug boxes with details on prototype drugs; Focus on the Evidence boxes promoting evidence-based practice; Focus Points summaries of key content; Focus on Patient Safety emphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly; and increased pharmacokinetics information. A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a video on medication administration, NCLEX®-style questions, and additional learning tools.