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Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation
FocusonNursingPharmacology,SixthEdition
AmyM.Karch,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-2834-5 •October2012 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1080pp. •238 Illus.
Amy Karch has found that students learn best when concepts are
built upon each other, growing from simple to complex, building on a
foundation of understanding. Organized by body systems, this heavily
illustrated bookorganizes essential nursing pharmacology information
into focused, easy-to-learn steps. Building key concepts upon each
other, the text gives students a solid foundationof understanding. Easy
to understand drug prototype boxes are integrated throughout the
book aswell as integrated content summaries.
Drug discussions include therapeutic actions and indications,
pharmacokinetics, contraindications and cautions and adverse effects.
Detailed rationales are presented throughout. Each chapter opens
with LearningObjectives and aGlossary of Key Terms, and ends with
NCLEX
®
-style questions, and contains a case study-based critical
thinking exercise that sets up a situation, shows critical thinking, and
thenpresents adiscussionand case-basednursing careguide.
Features
•
NEW!
Eachdrug chapter has a commonfigure showing themost
commonlyanticipatedadverseeffects fordrug classes, toalert
students toadverseeffects toanticipateand include inpatient
teaching.
• Morefiguresdepictingdrugactions thanany competingbook.
•
FocusonFeature
,
FocusonSafeMedicationAdministration
for
emphasisonpatient safetyand thepreventionof errors.
•
KeyPoints
areplaced several times throughout each chapter to
summarizeneed-to-know content.
•
Drugs inFocus
tables featureaNEWprototypedrug icon to
quickly locate theprototypedrug for aparticulardrug class.This
iconfirst appears in thedrug list in thebeginningof eachdrug
chapter, and is repeated inNursingConsiderations sections and in
PrototypeSummaryboxes for easy recognitionof these important
medications.
•
CriticalThinkingScenarios
tieeach chapter’s content together by
presenting clinical scenarios about apatient usingaparticulardrug
from the class beingdiscussed.
•
CheckYourUnderstanding
sections presentNCLEX
®
-style
questions, includingalternate formatquestions, tohelp the student
prepare for theNCLEX
®
.Other questions andactivities aredesigned
tohelp students test their knowledgeof the information that has
been learned in the chapter.
Table of Contents
Part1:
Introduction toNursing
Pharmacology
Part2:
ChemotherapeuticAgents
Part3:
DrugsActingon the Immune
System
Part4:
DrugsActingon theCentral
andPeripheralNervousSystems
Part5:
DrugsActingon the
AutonomicNervousSystem
Part6:
DrugsActingon theEndocrine
System
Part7:
DrugsActingon the
ReproductiveSystem
Part8:
DrugsActingon the
CardiovascularSystem
Part9:
DrugsActingon theRenal
System
Part10:
DrugsActingon the
RespiratorySystem
Part11:
DrugsActingon the
Gastrointestinal System
StudyGuide for FocusonNursingPharmacology,
SixthEdition
AmyM.Karch,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-5166-4 •October2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.825” •288pp.