Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach (10th Edition) – eBook

Get the pharmacology guidance proven to help aspiring nurses succeed on the NCLEX and later as professional nurse. Using a streamlined prototype approach, an emphasis on nursing care, plus a wealth of other trademark features, Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 10th Edition, (PDF) makes it easy for you to really understand pharmacology. Prototype drug charts summarize the need-to-know information about key drugs, including dosage, side effects, interactions, and more. Images of current drug package labels reinforce your understanding of text content using relevant, true-to-life learning. Bulleted nursing process summaries relate nursing care to drug therapy, highlighting patient teaching, patient safety, and relevant cultural content. Finally, the unique and thorough drug calculations section features a math review as well as step-by-step instructions for drug calculations using the four general methods of dosage calculation. All in all, this textbook, Pharmacology, Tenth Edition, has all the tools you need to understand the complicated subject of pharmacology better.

• Application-level NCLEX study questions include at least one alternate-format question included per chapter.
• UNIQUE! Nursing process summaries highlight important nursing considerations within the nursing process framework.
• Consistent RN-standard chapter pedagogy includes: online learning resources on the companion Evolve website, objectives, and outline.
• Prioritization coverage throughout the textbook helps you learn to prioritize nursing care and differentiate need-to-know from nice-to-know content.
• UNIQUE! An extensive chapter on drug calculations presents six methods of dosage calculation, providing a helpful review and supplement to a dosage calculations textbook.
• Critical thinking case studies challenge you to apply your knowledge and analytical skills to realistic patient scenarios. Answer guidelines are provided on the Evolve website.
• A chapter on safety and quality discusses medication errors, specific nursing measures to promote safety, National Patient Safety Goals, and many other safety issues and concerns.
• UNIQUE! Prototype drug charts provide easy access to crucial information for representative drugs, including dosages, contraindications, drug-lab-food interactions, pharmacokinetics, and more.

• NEW! Updated nursing processes have been added for consistency from chapter to chapter.
• NEW! New chapter on pharmacogenetics details how a patient’s genetic makeup may affect his or her response to drugs.
• NEW! New nursing concepts have been added to the nursing processes to support conceptual learning and higher-level thinking further.
• NEW! Additional student review questions have been added to prepare you for the growing pharmacology coverage on the NCLEX Exam.
• NEW! Thoroughly updated drug content reflects the latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, therapeutic uses, and corresponding updated nursing content.
• NEW! Updated antihypertensive guidelines (published in November 2017) ensure you are current on the latest best practices regarding drugs used to treat high blood pressure.

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