Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! - Paperback

by Keelin Cromar (Editor)

Understanding pharmacological principles is a fundamental aspect of nursing practice. Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! highlights key pharmacology concepts while enhancing your knowledge, skills, and clinical judgment. It breaks down information into easy-to-understand key concepts, provides important care reminders, offers reassurance, and teaches in a way that no other resource can. Throughout the book, several elements test your knowledge and reinforce these concepts.

• NEW! FDA Boxed Warnings highlight life-threatening concerns.
• NEW! Fast Facts boxes feature key information about a specific drug or class of drugs that the nurse should remember.
• NEW! Ages and Stages boxes emphasize how a drug or drug class may affect patients of different ages.
• Meds Matter elements detail actions, indications, and nursing considerations for common drugs.
• Picture This callouts explain and illustrate phamacologic functions and complex pathways.
• Nursing Care Caution features provide details about drug warnings along with dangerous signs and symptoms to help you identify problems quickly.
• Education Edge boxes provide important information you should share with your patient.

A three-step process based on clinical judgement concepts is provided throughout the chapters to help you care for individuals taking commonly prescribed medications. The end-of-chapter Quick Quizzes help you practice NCLEX-style questions.

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Table of Contents:

1 Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology

2 Principles of Safe Medication Administration

3 Patient Education and Medication Safety

4 Dermatologic Drugs

5 Pain Medications

6 Autonomic Nervous System Drugs

7 Neurologic and Neuromuscular Drugs

8 Cardiovascular Drugs

9 Respiratory Drugs

10 Gastrointestinal Drugs

11 Genitourinary Drugs

12 Hematologic Drugs

13 Endocrine Drugs

14 Sensory Drugs

15 Psychotropic Drugs

16 Anti-Infective Drugs

17 Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergy, and Immunosuppressant Drugs

18 Antineoplastic Drugs

19 Drugs for Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

Appendices