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Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice, Tenth Edition Geralyn Frandsen, EdD, RN 978-1-60913-711-3 • February 2013 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1176pp. • 86 Illus.

This popular core nursing pharmacology textbook provides unique coverage of nursing interventions for drug therapy with related rationales. Highly praised for its organized and readable presentation, the text explains each nursing action, and emphasizes how drugs work differently in different patients. The tenth edition has a new fresh design and approach with an added focus on patient safety integrated into the text. Features • NEW! QSEN Safety Alerts , presented in the context of the chapter discussion, alert the reader to important safety considerations and emphasize safety as a primary objective in patient care. • NEW! Drug interactions and Herb and Dietary Interactions Boxes highlight the risk of interactions as well as increased or decreased drug effects when drugs are combined with other medications, food, or herbal supplements. • NEW! NCLEX ® Success Sections interspersed throughout the chapter ask the student to answer NCLEX ® -style questions that pertain to the learning objectives and the information just presented. This feature helps students check and apply their knowledge as they read and helps them prepare for patient care and for the NCLEX ® . • A Clinical Application Case Study opens each chapter with a patient-focused clinical scenario. Throughout the chapter, the reader is asked critical thinking questions to apply chapter content, emphasizing a patient-centered and interdisciplinary approach to pharmacology. • Black BoxWarnings highlight serious or life-threatening adverse effects identified by the FDA as being associated with a drug. • Drugs at a Glance Tables summarize the routes and dosage ranges (for adults and for children), as well as the pregnancy category, for each drug in the class. The prototype drug is indicated with an icon. • Evidence-Based Practice Boxes provide information about current research and its integration into nursing practice. Updated for the Tenth Edition, these boxes present a summary of a recent study followed by implications for nursing. • Nursing Process sections provide an overview of drug therapy in terms of assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning/goals, nursing interventions, and evaluation. Located at the end of the chapters, the nursing process provides the guidelines for nursing care specific to the disease process and related drug therapy.

Table of Contents Section I: The Conceptual Framework of Pharmacology Section II: Drug Therapy Throughout the Lifespan Section III: Drugs Affecting the Hematopoietic and Immune Systems Section IV: Drugs Affecting Inflammation and Infection SectionV: Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System SectionVI: Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System SectionVII: Drugs Affecting the Renal and Digestive Systems SectionVIII: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System Section IX: Drugs Affecting Women’s and Men’s Health Section X: Drugs Affecting the Autonomic and Central Nervous System Section XI: Drugs Affecting the Eye, Ear, and Skin

Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation

Study Guide for Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy, Tenth Edition Geralyn Frandsen, EdD, RN 978-1-4511-8238-5 •February2013 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •384pp.