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Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation
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
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.