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Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation
DrugTherapy inNursing, FourthEdition, RevisedReprint
Diane S. Aschenbrenner, RN
978-1-45118-766-3 •November2012 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1152pp. •200 Illus.
This text presents a totally nursing-focused framework for teaching
and learning nursing pharmacology, and “places the patient” at the
centerof alldruganddrugadministrationdecisionsandconsiderations.
The book presents core drug knowledge using prototypes of different
drug classes and emphasizes core patient variables that influence the
patient’s response to therapy.
Features
•
UPDATED!
Significant updatingof drug informationandnew
references.
• Additional emphasis placedon safety concernswithdrug therapy.
• Additional informationabout pharmacogenetics and
pharmacogenomics.
•
BlackBoxWarnings
keeps students focusedon key information, for
all drugs, not just prototypes.
•
ColorConceptMaps&DrugSummaryTable
. Ensuring student
understandingandengagement.
•
CommunityBasedConcerns
. Keeping thepatient and community
at the focus.
•
PrepU
.Adaptivequizzing for students and information for faculty.
•
CorePatientVariables
. Helping students learnwhat important
patient variables to consider.
•
FocusonResearchBoxes
. Keeping researchat the frontof
students’minds.
•
MemoryChips
. Pointingout keyelements for students to
remember.
•
PhysiologyFeatures
. Helping students focusonPhysiology.
•
PrototypeApproach
.Giving students a simplerway to learnand
rememberdrug types.
•
Questions forStudy&Review
.
•
SafetyAlerts
.
Table of Contents
I:
Foundations forDrugTherapy in
Nursing
II:
CoreDrugKnowledge
III:
CorePatientVariables
IV:
PeripheralNervousSystemDrugs
V:
CentralNervousSystemDrug
VI:
AnalgesicandAnti-Inflammatory
Drugs
VII:
Hematopoietic,Cardiovascular
andRenal SystemDrugs
VIII:
RespiratoryDrugs
IX:
GastrointestinalTractDrugs
X:
AntimicrobialDrugs
XI:
EndocrineDrugs
XII:
ImmuneSystemandCancer
ChemotherapyDrugs
StudyGuide forDrugTherapy inNursing, FourthEdition
Diane S. Aschenbrenner, RN
978-1-60831-152-1 •December2011 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •384pp. •40 Illus.