Pharmacological Basis of Nursing Practice

As in previous editions, the text emphasizes the rationale for drug therapy by relating the physiologic factors of disease processes to drug mechanisms. Extensively revised, this edition incorporates the latest drug information, including 75 new drugs, and features a stronger nursing orientation. The book features nursing process overviews in a functional format at the beginning of each drug group discussion; highlights geriatric and paediatric care, dietary considerations, and drug abuse alerts; features a new chapter on the application of the nursing process to drug administration; broadens the nursing focus through nursing-oriented learning objectives, nursing process overview content, and review questions related to the objectives; and provides a separate disorder index on screened pages to help students locate drug therapy for specific diseases and conditions. Also available is an instructor's resource manual with test bank, lecture video, student learning guide and transparency acetates.
 
As in previous editions, the text emphasizes the rationale for drug therapy by relating the physiologic factors of disease processes to drug mechanisms. Extensively revised, this edition incorporates the latest drug information, including 75 new drugs, and features a stronger nursing orientation. The book features nursing process overviews in a functional format at the beginning of each drug group discussion; highlights geriatric and paediatric care, dietary considerations, and drug abuse alerts; features a new chapter on the application of the nursing process to drug administration; broadens the nursing focus through nursing-oriented learning objectives, nursing process overview content, and review questions related to the objectives; and provides a separate disorder index on screened pages to help students locate drug therapy for specific diseases and conditions. Also available is an instructor's resource manual with test bank, lecture video, student learning guide and transparency acetates.