Book, Clinical Pharmacology (Ford) 11/19[LS]

From the basic principles of Pharmacology to the handling of medicines. Written entirely by nursing professionals, Clinical Pharmacology highlights the basic principles of Pharmacology and the nurse's responsibility in managing medications.. Essential for good academic training and the provision of excellent care, this book provides knowledge about drugs and their effects, in addition to instructing how to pass on relevant information to patients and their caregivers.. Structured in a didactic way, the content has several pedagogical resources that help in understanding and retaining the content, as well as in improving critical thinking.. In addition, the book brings: ■ Unique concept mapping: helps students process and visualize important concepts ■ Mastery alerts that highlight and clarify difficult-to-understand concepts ■ Pharmacology boxes that focus on practical assessment, management, and counseling issues that impact real-life patients. ■ The Nursing Process section that shows the correlation of patient care and drugs and drug administration regimens. It is also worth mentioning the importance of relevant nursing diagnoses in this context ■ Case study scenarios throughout all chapters that help students gain an understanding of real-life nursing practice ■ Nursing alerts identifying urgent nursing actions necessary when a patient is using a certain class of drugs or a specific drug ■ Drug interaction tables that provide succinct and crucial information about the likelihood of problems when multiple drugs are administered ■ Drug summary tables that list drugs from the classes covered in each chapter, including generic names, indications, common adverse reactions and general information about dosage ■ Patient considerations boxes that describe the demands of specific populations that are at increased risk for certain diseases or that require specific medications; The Herbal Considerations boxes provide information about herbal medicines and complementary and alternative medicines; The Chronic Care Considerations boxes prepare nursing students and professionals for situations that may arise during the pharmacological treatment of patients with chronic diseases. ■ The Chapter Review section is found at the end of all chapters and covers questions about calculating medication dosages, as well as test preparation questions.