Learn About Pharmacology in Nursing With the Pharmacology Nursing Book

This book breaks down challenging clinical concepts - the ones that we know can be difficult to grasp - and presents them in a refreshingly original, humorous, engaging series of books.

This pharmacology nursing book is an essential resource for trainee nurses, experienced nurses moving into a speciality or mature students retraining as a nurse professional. Learning pharmacology can be overwhelming for nurses and student nurses. Rapidly emerging technology and a clear understanding of health and disease have raised the bar for nurses in clinical practice. Many nurses are now able to prescribe drugs, in fact the very aspects that have advanced the practice of nursing have given nurses greater responsibility and elevated the standards for the safe delivery of care.

The rapid development of new drugs, nurses returning to nursing after a break often find that they are not familiar with the multitude of new drugs and drug classes. This means that not only do they need to learn the specific characteristics of each new drug and drug class, but also that they learn the likelihood of potentially dangerous drug interactions, current issues related to each drug's risk and benefits, and relevant updates from clinical trials.

William N Scott and Deirdre McGrath have ensured that the pharmacology nursing book takes a simplified and light-hearted approach to pharmacology that explains its complex concepts in clear, concise, and interesting language, making information easy to learn and most important, remember.

The pharmacology nursing book provides pharmacology facts in this easy-to-understand approach:

• Fundamentals including where drugs come from and how they are classified and administered
• Drugs by pharmacologic class for all body systems plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs and more
• Nursing process steps for each drug class
• Concise coverage of potentially dangerous drug interactions

Nursing pharmacology doesn’t have to be a frightening bore. The book is loaded with features that make learning easy and fun:

• Memory joggers, chars and quick quizzes simplify difficult concepts and help reinforce learning
• 'Prototype pro' details the actions, indications and nursing considerations for common drugs
• 'Pharm function' explains and illustrates the way drugs act in the body

Fantastic features:

• 'Before you give that drug' alerts contain important drug warnings that should be considered before administration
• 'Education edge' - important information that should be shared with patients

William N Scott BSc, MPhil, Phd and Deirdre McGrath RN, BSc, MSc adopted the book for the UK for Wolters Kluwer.

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