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Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, Sixth Edition Amy M. Karch, MSN, RN 978-1-4511-2834-5 • October 2012 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1080 pp. • 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 book organizes essential nursing pharmacology information into focused, easy-to-learn steps. Building key concepts upon each other, the text gives students a solid foundation of understanding. Easy to understand drug prototype boxes are integrated throughout the book as well 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 Learning Objectives and a Glossary 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 then presents a discussion and case-based nursing care guide. Features • NEW! Each drug chapter has a common figure showing the most commonly anticipated adverse effects for drug classes, to alert students to adverse effects to anticipate and include in patient teaching. • More figures depicting drug actions than any competing book. • Focus on Feature , Focus on Safe Medication Administration for emphasis on patient safety and the prevention of errors. • Key Points are placed several times throughout each chapter to summarize need-to-know content. • Drugs in Focus tables feature a NEW prototype drug icon to quickly locate the prototype drug for a particular drug class. This icon first appears in the drug list in the beginning of each drug chapter, and is repeated in Nursing Considerations sections and in Prototype Summary boxes for easy recognition of these important medications. • Critical Thinking Scenarios tie each chapter’s content together by presenting clinical scenarios about a patient using a particular drug from the class being discussed. • Check Your Understanding sections present NCLEX ® -style questions, including alternate format questions, to help the student prepare for the NCLEX ® . Other questions and activities are designed to help students test their knowledge of the information that has been learned in the chapter. Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, Seventh Edition Amy M. Karch, MSN, RN 978-1-4963-1821-3 •October2016 •Hardbound •8.375”x10.875” •1080pp NEW

Table of Contents Part 1: Introduction to Nursing Pharmacology  Part 2: Chemotherapeutic Agents  Part 3: Drugs Acting on the Immune System  Part 4: Drugs Acting on the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems  Part 5: Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System  Part 6: Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System  Part 7: Drugs Acting on the Reproductive System  Part 8: Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System  Part 9: Drugs Acting on the Renal System Part 10: Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System  Part 11: Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal System 

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Study Guide for Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, Sixth Edition Amy M. Karch, MSN, RN 978-1-4511-5166-4 •October2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.825” •288pp.