Pharmacology and the Nursing Process (10th Edition) – PDF/ePub

The Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition, (PDF/ePub) provides essential pharmacology information, emphasizing the application of the nursing process and prioritization throughout. The book covers the fundamentals of pharmacology before exploring drugs by body systems and their functions. The use of numerous full-color illustrations illustrates drug actions in the body and the crucial steps in medication administration. Written by Linda Lane Lilley, Shelly Rainforth Collins and Julie S. Snyder, this top-selling textbook simplifies the understanding and application of pharmacology concepts, enabling the provision of safe, quality nursing care.

• The content’s ease of readability aids in better understanding challenging subject matter.
• High-alert icons highlight medications that pose a higher risk to patient safety.
• The photo atlas showcases over 100 drawings and photos depicting drug administration techniques.
• Dosage tables summarize generic and trade names, pharmacologic class, normal dosage ranges, and indications for the drugs.
• NEW! Updated drug content reflects the latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses and includes updated nursing content.
• The emphasis on drug classes outlines key similarities and differences among drugs within each class, making it easier to comprehend how individual drugs function in the body.
• Consistent presentation for each drug group includes the mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, interactions, and dosages, concluding with drug profiles of individual drugs in the class or group.
• The Nursing Process is applied to each category of drugs, ensuring accurate and safe medication administration, and includes the steps of assessment, human need statements, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• The focus on need-to-know information encompasses discussions of what nurses may encounter during drug administration in various healthcare settings, providing accounts of real-life medication errors, and tips for avoiding those errors.
• The focus on prioritization covers prioritized nursing diagnoses along with a corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes, helping you connect nursing diagnoses with goals and outcomes.
• Learning features at the beginning of each chapter comprise objectives and key terms, and at the end of each chapter, key points, critical thinking questions, review questions, and a list of resources available on the Evolve website.
• QSEN coverage includes the use of human need theory with human need statements, case studies featuring collaboration and teamwork content, Preventing Medication Errors boxes, and a discussion of the QSEN initiative as it relates to the safety and quality of patient care.

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