This study guide includes exercises, clinical challenge questions, critical thinking, and 10 NCLEX® review questions per chapter, including 3 new alternate-format NCLEX® questions per chapter.
This study tool provides a wealth of activities to reinforce content from the text. The activities accommodate many learning styles and promote the reader's ability to apply information in the patient care setting. Applying Your Knowledge exercises challenge readers to develop critical thinking skills. Mastering the Information exercises expand the reader's understanding of drug therapy and develop insight about client teaching needs. NCLEX-style multiple-choice and alternate-format questions offer opportunities to practice test-taking skills.
This guide has been developed to complement Clinical Drug Therapy, sixth edition. It provides learning opportunities to reinforce content that students read in the text and promotes their ability to apply this information in clinical settings. The study guide prepares students for: NCLEX test-taking, developing critical thinking skills, and client teaching.
his full-color pharmacology textbook presents unique coverage of nursing interventions for drug therapies with related rationales, emphasizing the individualization of drug therapy throughout. Chapters are organized by body systems and therapeutic classifications of drugs, and nursing process is outlined. The Sixth Edition is designed for greater student interactivity through various new features, including: Chapter Opener boxes that present brief clinical situations with points for reflection; Client Teaching Guidelines that display checklists of information patients need to know about their medication; How Can You Avoid This Medication Error boxes; Apply Your Knowledge boxes; and Ethical/Legal boxes. This edition contains updates on current drug information, drug therapy, physiology information, and new illustrations of drug actions and effects that simplify difficult concepts through visual presentation
This popular core nursing pharmacology textbook provides unique coverage of nursing interventions for drug therapy with related rationales. Highly praised for its organized and readable presentation, the text explains the "why" behind each nursing action, and emphasizes how drugs work differently in different patients. The 10th edition has a new fresh design and approach with an added focus on patient safety integrated into the text.
This core text offers LPN/LVN students a clear, concise introduction to pharmacology, focusing on basic principles and the nurse's responsibility in drug administration. Organized by body system, the book examines pharmacologic properties and therapeutic applications of drug classes. Summary Drug Tables present generic and trade drug names, uses, adverse reactions, and usual dosage ranges. This edition has thoroughly updated drug information, a new "Pharmacology in Practice" case study feature, Nursing Alerts, Lifespan Alerts, Chronic Care Alerts, Diversity Alerts, and additional material on the nursing process. Including a FREE copy of Lippincott’s Photo Atlas of Medication Administration, a bound CD-ROM, a companion website includes an NCLEX® alternate item format tutorial, a Spanish-English audio glossary, monographs on 100 most commonly prescribed drugs, Listen and Learn, Concepts in Action animations, Watch and Learn video clips, and Dosage Calculation Quizzes. The full text is also available online. Online Tutoring powered by Smarthinking—Free online tutoring, powered by Smarthinking, gives students access to expert nursing and allied health science educators whose mission, like yours, is to achieve success. Students can access live tutoring support, critiques of written work, and other valuable tools.