Pharmacology in Nursing

This text is one of the most comprehensive sources in the nursing pharmacology market. The 20th edition provides thorough coverage of more than 1,000 generic and trade drugs, including more than 200 new drugs recently approved by the FDA. Two new chapters are presented on over-the-counter medications and alternative medications. Other new features include boxes on the management of drug overdoses and highlighted content on serious drug interactions. This book features extensive pedagogy, including chapter overview, chapter objectives, key terms, critical thinking questions, case studies, and new collaborative activities at the end of each chapter. Features: * Explanations of drug groups and individual drugs feature significant drug interactions and dosage and administration guidelines to provide the student with the most thorough and comprehensive information available. * Key Drugs are given more thorough treatment and highlighted with an icon for quick identification in the chapter. * The nursing process highlights important nursing content related to the specific drugs or drug groups.
* Features drug reference tables to make information more accessible and enhance the text's utility as a reference. * Presents case studies highlighting specific clinical situations, with critical thinking questions, to illustrate clinical applicability. Answers are in the Instructor's Resource Kit. * Presents featured boxes on nursing research, cultural implications, and home health care to highlight these important issues. * Critical thinking questions for each chapter help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. * Provides a separate disorder index that features alphabetical reference to disorders, conditions, and diseases in the text for easier access. NEW FEATURES: * Includes two new chapters: Over-the-Counter Medications (Chapter 11) and Alternative and Complementary Pharmacology (Chapter 12) to feature these growing areas in today's health care environment. * Features new boxes on management of drug overdose to alert the nurse to important information and guidelines regarding overdoses for specific medications.
* Provides collaborative activities at the end of each chapter to encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to problems that involve interaction with other students. * Highlights serious drug interactions to alert the student to potential problems. * Provides a patient teaching disk with each book to provide more information about patient teaching related to approximately 30 drugs included in the textbook, also includes a free quick reference for medication administration. * Includes approximately 180 new illustrations to help explain how drugs work in the body and to help define other pharmacologic principles.