Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, Third Edition and Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 2007, Canadian Version

Download or read book Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, Third Edition and Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 2007, Canadian Version written by Amy M Karch, RN, MS and published by . This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its Third Edition, Focus on Nursing Pharmacology presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Prganized by body system, the book methodically explains the rationale for each drug class's therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, ensuring that students fully understand this important content. Each chapter includes drug summary tables (with dosages), Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes, all-inclusive nursing care guides based on a typical case study with critical thinking tips and patient teaching checklists. Each chapter ends with NCLEX-style questions and other questions to form a mini-study guide. New to this edition are Prototype Drug boxes with details on prototype drugs; Focus on the Evidence boxes promoting evidence-based practice; mid-chapter Focus Points summaries of key content; Focus on Patient Safety emphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly to the patient; and increased pharmacokinetics information. A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patients teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a free video on medication administration, additional NCLEX-style questions, and other learning tools. Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 2007 provides quick access to current, comprehensive, vital drug information.