Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy

By Lippincott Williams Wilkins

Book Overview

Get the fresh intel on nursing pharmacology basics, Let this fully updated guide lead you safely through the full range of medication processes: Hundreds of colorful diagrams, drawings, and charts that illustrate core concepts, with easy-to-retain definitions of key terms, and clear direction on drug administration-distribution, absorption, and metabolism, Offers the "need-to-know" pharmacology basics, including potential drug interactions, adverse reactions, and the ways different classes of drugs work in different body systems, Step-by-step direction on principles of safe medication administration, patient care plans, patient education, and more, A complement to class materials + on-the-job support, Hundreds of diagrams, charts and drawings support your grasp of assessments, administration, and safety issues, while end-of-chapter quizzes support your retention of crucial guidance: Uses the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to guide you expertly from initial recognition of cues to safe medication administration, patient care plans and evaluating outcomes, Up-to-date expert guidance on nursing pharmacology fundamentals, including concepts of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics, "Practice Makes Perfect" end-of-book practice exam offers approximately 100 NEW NCLEX®-style questions, to increase your exam confidence, Full-range success: Study support, NCLEX® review, and Real-world practices, Chapter features offer easy-to-remember guidance: Prototype pro - Actions, indications and nursing considerations for common prototype drugs, A three-step process is provided throughout the chapters to help you care for individuals taking commonly prescribed medications, Pharm function - Explains and illustrates how drugs act in the body, and addresses how to recognize and treat adverse reactions, Before you give that drug - Warnings to consider before you administer a drug, Education edge - Information to share with your patient, Black Box Warning boxes draw attention to life-threatening concerns, Pharm Fact Alert boxes feature key information about a specific drug or class of drugs that the nurse should remember, Lifespan Lightbulb boxes highlight information about how a drug or drug class may affect patients of different ages, Quick quiz - End-of-chapter questions with answers/explanations, to help you remember the essentials, Nurse Joy and Jake illustrated characters offer helpful tips throughout Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 197517755X
• ISBN13: 9781975177553
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.0"