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NURSING
Inspection
copy
Focus on Nursing
Pharmacology,
1st UK Edition
A. Karch, adapted for the UK by
E. Sheader, T. Speake
Fully adapted for the
UK, this text presents
essential pharmacology
concepts in a
streamlined, user-friendly
fashion. Organised by
body system, the book
explains the rationale
for each drug class’s
therapeutic actions, contraindications, and
adverse effects, using the
British National
Formulary
as its reference guide. Each
chapter opens with learning objectives and
ends with questions to reinforce learning.
Illustrations, tables, side bars, and boxes
summarise concepts and focus attention on
critical thinking, patient safety, evidence-based
practice, lifespan issues, patient teaching, and
case study-based critical thinking exercises.
978-1-901831-01-6 / 1,088 pp / 153 illus / 2010 /
£38.95 €48.00
Inspection
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Dosage Calculations
Made Incredibly Easy!
1st UK Edition
W. Scott, D. McGrath
Dosage Calculations
Made Incredibly Easy!
First UK Edition is a
complete and clear
guide to calculating
drug dosages. The text
covers basic maths
(fractions, decimals,
ratios, proportions and
percentages), measurement systems and
practical calculations. Additional chapters
cover paediatric, obstetric and critical care
dosage calculations. There is vital information
on recording drug administration, routes of
administration, and reading drug labels, and
preventing errors associated with each of
these. The text promotes awareness of all
of these issues through the use of realistic
examples and self-test questions throughout.
978-1-901831-03-0 / 336 pp / 100 illus / 2008 /
£15.95 €19.00
