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Licensed Practical / Vocational Nursing
Roach’s Introductory Clinical Pharmacology,
Tenth Edition, International Edition
Susan M. Ford, MN, RN, CNE
978-1-4511-8895-0 • October 2013 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 720 pp. • 105 Illus • 100Tables
978-1-4511-8671-0 • North American Edition: Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only
Prepare for your future career and success on the NCLEX
®
with the only
pharmacology textbook truly written for the LPN/LVN student,
Roach’s
Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
. This proven book will help you
every step of the way to master one of the most challenging content
areas in the LPN/LVN curriculum. Organized by body system, the book
provides a clear, concise introduction to pharmacology, focusing on
basic principles and the nurse’s responsibility in drug administration.
Features
• Focus students’ reading and enhance their mastery of course
concepts through chapter-opening
Learning Objectives
,
Key
Terms
, and
Drug Class
lists that identify potential errors and safety
concerns.
• Help your students identify drug contraindications, precautions, and
interactions through
The Nursing Process
framework that presents
care of the patient as it relates to the drug and drug regimen, as well
as
Checklists of Relevant Nursing Diagnoses
.
• Help your students master important patient care concepts with
Pharmacology in Practice
case studies that focus on assessment,
administration, or teaching issues that have an impact on a real-life
patient. Chapter-ending
Think Critically
questions return to the
patient in the case study and ask students to explore options and
make clinical judgments related to the administration of drugs.
• Prepare your students to identify urgent nursing actions that may
be required when managing a patient receiving a specific drug or
drug category through
Nursing Alerts
.
• Prepare your students for NCLEX
®
success with
Build Your
Knowledge
(Information and fact-based questions that get
students warmed up),
Apply Your Knowledge
(questions keyed
to the actual NCLEX-PN
®
test plan), and
Prepare for the NCLEX
®
(questions structured like those on the NCLEX
®
exam).
• Prepare your students for their future careers with vital tools,
including a
Drug Interaction Table
that provides at-a-glance
information about the likelihood of a patient problem when
multiple drugs are given and
Summary Drug Tables
that list drugs
from the classes discussed in each chapter, including names, uses,
frequent adverse reactions, and general dosing information.
Table of Contents
UNIT I:
Nursing Foundation of Clinical
Pharmacology
Ch. 1: General Principles of Pharmacology
Ch. 2: Administration of Drugs
Ch. 3: Making Drug Dosing Safer
Ch. 4: The Nursing Process
Ch. 5: Patient and Family Teaching
UNIT II:
Drugs Used to Fight Infections
Ch. 6: Antibacterial Drugs - Sulfonamides
Ch.7: Antibacterial Drugs That Disrupt the
Cell Wall
Ch. 8: Antibacterial Drugs That Interfere with
Protein Synthesis
Ch. 9: Antibacterial Drugs That Interfere with
DNA/RNA Synthesis
Ch. 10: Antitubercular Drugs
Ch. 11: Antiviral Drugs
Ch. 12: Antifungal and Antiparasitic Drugs
UNIT III:
Drugs Used to Manage Pain
UNIT IV:
Drugs That Affect the Central
Nervous System
UNITV:
Drugs That Affect the
Peripheral Nervous System
UNITVI:
Drugs That Affect the
Neuromuscular System
UNITVII:
Drugs That Affect the
Respiratory System
UNITVIII:
Drugs That Affect the
Cardiovascular System
UNIT IX:
Drugs That Affect the
Gastrointestinal System
UNIT XI:
Drugs That Affect the Urinary
System
UNIT XII:
Drugs That Affect the
Immune System
UNIT XIII:
Drug That Affect Other
Body Systems
Appendix
…Abridged to fit
Study Guide for Roach’s Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
Susan M. Ford, MN, RN, CNE
978-1-4511-9039-7 •September2013 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875”