Pharmacology

• A clear and consistent, step-by-step approach to calculations and administration makes it easy to understand.
  
• Ratio and Proportion, Formula, and Dimensional Analysis content provides students with well-rounded coverage.
  
• Pretest and post-test help identify strengths and weaknesses in competency of basic math before and assess their comprehension after Unit One: Math Review.
  
• Points to Remember boxes highlighted in each chapter help students remember important concepts.
  
• Critical thinking information that should be applied in the clinical setting to help avoid drug calculation and administration errors is boxed throughout the text.
  
• Full-color illustrations, photographs, and drug labels familiarize students with what they'll encounter in the clinical setting.

• Current Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommendations are followed, such as avoiding certain abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols to help ensure patient safety and quality of care
  
• Dimensional analysis method has been added to examples throughout the book providing an alternative method to converting and calculating dosages without the need to memorize a formula
  
• Content added to the Medication Administration chapter on the latest techniques and measures being used to prevent medication errors
  
• The Basic IV Calculations chapter has been reorganized into smaller sections to allow mastery of relevant content and calculations
  
• Content on the calculation of Heparin dosages according to weight and the calculation of meds by IV push has been added
  
• Syringes have been redrawn for a more accurate, realistic look
  
• Current drug labels are included reflecting the latest drugs used on the market
  
• A new Drug Calculations Student CD-ROM is packaged with every copy of the text. This user friendly, interactive student tutorial includes an extensive menu of various topic areas within drug calculations such as oral, parenteral, pediatric, and intravenous calculations. Covering the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods, this CD contains 565 practice problems including a comprehensive post-test

Mosby's Pharmacology Memory NoteCards: Visual, Mnemonic, and Memory Aids for Nurses, 3^rd Edition is a colorfully illustrated collection of spiral-bound cards that brings together the difficult drugs and topics related to pharmacology into one portable volume. Using a wide variety of learning aids, humor, illustrations, and mnemonics, this valuable tool helps you master pharmacology in class, in clinicals, and in preparation for the NCLEX^® examination. Specific topics include: administration, antibiotics/antivirals, anticoagulants, cardiac drugs, CNS drugs, diuretics, endocrine drugs, GI drugs, musculoskeletal drugs, pain drugs, psychiatric drugs, pulmonary drugs, and reproductive/OB drugs. For practicing nurses, these cards provide an always-useful refresher on pharmacology.

• Over 90 cartoons offer humorous and memorable presentations of key drugs.
• Full-color cartoons and color-highlighted monographs provide a visually engaging way to learn.
• Mnemonics and other time-tested memory aids help you grasp and remember even the most difficult concepts.
• Thick pages and spiral-bound format create the perfect portable tool that is durable enough for the clinical environment.
• Colored thumb tabs at the bottom of the page allow you to quickly reference material.
• What You Need to Know sections on the back of each image give you more information about each illustrated topic in a quick and easy-to-review format.
• Colored highlights in the What You Need to Know sections draw your attention to key information:
• Serious/Life-Threatening Implications are highlighted in pink
• Most Frequent Side Effects are blue
• Important Nursing Implications are yellow
• Patient Teaching information is green

• NEW coverage throughout highlights contemporary and timely topics on pharmacology all in one clinical tool.
• 8 brand new cards focus on administration by inhalation, lovenox, fentanyl, and more.
• New mobile device version enables you to study on the go.

• UNIQUE! Summaries of Major Nursing Implications at the end of each chapter help you understand how to apply concepts to clinical practice in an easy-to-understand format.
• A prototype drug approach uses one drug within each drug family that characterizes all members of its group to give you the knowledge you need to learn not only about related drugs currently on the market, but also about those drugs that will be released once the student begins practice.
• Uses large print to identify essential "need-to-know” information and small print to identify "nice-to-know” information
• Concise drug summary tables present quick reference to detailed information on individual drugs, including class, generic and trade names, dosages, routes, and indications.
• End-of-chapter Key Points are summarized in a bulleted format to facilitate your review of the most important concepts in each chapter.
• Patient and family teaching content is highlighted to emphasize this key content and provide you with critical information to include in teaching patients about drugs and effects and stresses points for educating family members when they will be helping to care for the patient.
• Provides Anatomy and Physiology and Pathophysiology reviews at the beginning of chapters to help you understand the relationships pharmacology and the biologic systems that drugs influence.
• A comprehensive collection of appendixes includes a concise overview of Canadian drug information, gender-related drugs, drug administration techniques, normal laboratory values, and much more.
• Companion CD-ROM features 700 NCLEX examination-style multiple-choice review questions, animations depicting drug mechanisms and effects, flash cards, key points, and numerous electronic calculators.

• Includes numerous new drugs and formulations recently approved by the FDA to keep you current with today's drug therapy practice.
• Special Interest Topic boxes address late-breaking issues in pharmacology that have recently emerged in the media so you can learn the current events that may affect them in practice.
• Extensive revision to the Cancer Chemotherapy unit provides you with up-to-date information on new drug therapy in this complex and rapidly changing area of practice.
• Companion CD-ROM features audio and printable key points that you can download to a CD or MP3 player to listen to and review at their leisure.
• Additional full-color graphics illustrate how drugs work in the body and depict key pharmacologic principles.

The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative pharmacology text in health medicine

Enhanced by more than three hundred illustrations -- many in full color

Organized to reflect the syllabi in many pharmacology courses and in integrated curricula, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 12e covers the important concepts students need to know about the science of pharmacology and its application to clinical practice. Selection of the subject matter and order of its presentation are based on the authors’ many years experience in teaching this material to thousands of medical, pharmacy, dental, podiatry, nursing, and other health science students.

To be as clinically relevant as possible, the book includes sections that specifically address the clinical choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects, and case studies that introduce clinical problems in many chapters. Presented in full color and enhanced by more than three hundred illustrations, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology features numerous summary tables and diagrams that encapsulate important information.

Coverage that spans every aspect of medical pharmacology:

• Basic principles
• Autonomic drugs
• Cardiovascular-renal drugs
• Drugs with important actions on smooth muscles
• Central nervous system drugs
• Drugs used to treat anemias, clotting disorders, hyperlipidemia, and inflammation and gout
• Endocrine drugs
• Chemotherapeutic and immunologic drugs
• Toxicology
• Special subjects (perinatal, geriatric, and dermatologic pharmacology)
• Botanical and "food supplements," and over-the-counter medications
• Prescribing

Also in this edition:

• Drug Summary Tables conclude most chapters, providing a concise summary of the most important drugs
• General concepts relating to newly discovered receptors, receptor mechanisms, and drug transporters
• Descriptions of important new drugs, including monoclonal antibodies

This market-leading text is known for presenting challenging content in a clear and consistent format that is engaging and readable. With an eye-catching design, full-color illustrations, and helpful, practical boxed features that highlight need-to-know information, the new edition of this bestseller continues its tradition of making pharmacology easy to learn and understand.

• A focus on prioritization identifies key nursing information and helps in preparation for the NCLEX® Examination.
• Presents drugs and their classes as they relate to different parts of the body, facilitating integration of the text with your other nursing courses.
• Features numerous full-color photos and illustrations pertaining to drug mechanisms of action and step-by-step illustrations depicting key steps in drug administration for various routes, so you can clearly see how drugs work in the body and how to administer medications safely and effectively.
• Drug Profiles highlight the pharmacokinetics and unique variations of individual drugs.
• Includes Patient Teaching Tips in each chapter to foster patient compliance and effective drug therapy.
• Helpful summary boxes are integrated throughout, covering Evidence-Based Practice, Preventing Medication Errors, Laboratory Values Related to Drug Therapy, Cultural Implications, Herbal Therapies, Life Span Considerations, Points to Remember, and Legal and Ethical Principles.
• Illustrated Study Skills Tips in each unit cover study tips, time management, and test taking strategies related specifically to nursing pharmacology.
• Includes a convenient tear-out IV Compatibilities Chart that alerts you to drugs that are incompatible when given intravenously.
• Evolve Student Resources include online access to additional chapter-specific NCLEX® review questions, animations, medication errors checklists, IV therapy checklists, printable handouts with need-to-know information about key drug classes, calculators, an audio glossary, answers to case studies and critical thinking activities in the text, frequently asked questions, content updates, nursing care plans covering key drug classes, and online appendices.

• Critical Thinking Activities and Best Action Questions focus on prioritization, challenging you to determine the best action to take.
• NCLEX® Examination Review Questions now include Alternate-Item Format questions, preparing you for these new types of questions found on the NCLEX® exam.
• New case studies have been added, and all cases now include patient photos along with accompanying questions to provoke critical thinking.
• Pharmacokinetic Bridges to the Nursing Process sections now cover ACE inhibitors, iron, and women's health issues applying key pharmacokinetics information to nursing practice.

The #1 IV drug handbook for 38 years, Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals is trusted for its accuracy and comprehensive coverage. It provides essential data on administering more than 350 intravenous drugs, with a portable size for convenience in any clinical setting. This edition includes entries for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA and hundreds of new drug facts. With an alphabetical organization and a detailed appendix of generic and trade names plus pharmacologic actions, this reference makes it easy to find drug information quickly.

• Provides comprehensive information for each drug including its generic name (with a phonetic pronunciation guide), common trade name(s), drug category, pH, dosages and dose adjustments, dilution, compatibilities and incompatibilities, rate of administration, actions, indications and uses (including unlabeled uses), contraindications, precautions, drug/lab interactions, side effects, and antidote.
• Lists IV drugs alphabetically by generic name with indexes of drugs by generic name, trade name, and drug category for quick clinical reference.
• Includes a Black Box Warning icon in the monograph heading to alert you to drugs that carry an FDA black box warning. The BBW text is also highlighted within the monograph.
• Highlights age-specific dose variances for geriatric, pediatric, infant, and neonatal patients in separate sections.
• Lists all side effects, compatibilities, and incompatibilities in alphabetical order for quick review.
• Presents General Dilution Charts and a Solution Compatibility Chart inside the front and back covers for fast, easy reference.
• Displays dosing information on a single page or a two-page spread.
• Includes over 100 charts detailing dosing and dilution guidelines, recommended dose modifications, combination schedules, infusion rates, and more.
• Offers a portable size and flexible spiral binding for practical use in any setting.
• Uses extensive cross referencing within individual drug descriptions for quick access.
• Provides IV Therapy Facts and appendices for quick, valuable guidance.
• Identifies drugs available only in Canada with a maple leaf icon.
• Also available in a PDA version for Palm, PocketPC, Blackberry, and iPhone/iPod Touch.

• Entries for new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA ensure you are using the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available.
• Hundreds of new and updated drug facts keep you current with the latest dosage adjustments, indications, interactions, compatibilities, side effects, precautions, and additional disease-specific dosages.

This package consists of the following components:

0135089816 / 9780135089811 Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach

0135104319 / 9780135104316 MyNursingLab Student Access Code Card Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach

Featuring concise, straightforward coverage, Pharmacology: A Nursing Process Approach, 7^th Edition puts nursing pharmacology concepts and essential drug calculation skills into a practical nursing context to prepare you for real-world drug administration responsibilities. This edition has been revised and updated with the most current nursing pharmacology information available. Innovative features such as Prototype Drug Charts, Nursing Process Summaries, an extensive math/dosage calculation section, and NCLEX^® Examination-style study questions make nursing pharmacology more understandable than ever.

• Unique! Prototype Drug Charts provide easy access to key information on dosages, contraindications, drug-lab-food interactions, pharmacokinetics, and more for more than 100 drugs.
• Unique! An extensive, color-coded dosage calculation section covers six methods of dosage calculation - basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, dimensional analysis, and dosing by body weight and body surface area - eliminating the need for a separate dosage calculation book.
• Nursing Process Summaries present client care and drug therapy within the framework of each step of the nursing process, including information on client teaching and cultural and herbal considerations.
• Preventing Medication Errors boxes reinforce concepts introduced in the medication safety chapter and highlight common errors that occur in clinical practice to help you ensure safe drug administration.
• Herbal Alerts provide a quick reference to side effects, drug interactions, and additional information for popular herbs you may encounter in practice.
• A fully updated bioterrorism appendix helps you recognize the clinical manifestations of bioterrorism weapons and respond with appropriate nursing care.
• Unique! Illustrated overviews of normal anatomy and physiology in all drug therapy chapters help you understand how drugs work in various body systems.
• Critical Thinking Case Studies at the end of each chapter challenge you to apply your knowledge and analytical skills to realistic client scenarios.
• NCLEX^® Study Questions for each chapter help prepare you for the growing pharmacology coverage on the NCLEX^® Examination. Answers are listed upside-down at the bottom of the page for quick feedback.

• New medication safety chapter discusses medication errors, specific nursing measures to prevent medication errors, possible consequences of medication errors to nurses, responses to errors, reporting and learning from mistakes, and related ethical issues.
• Enhanced NCLEX^® Examination-style study questions are now more application-based and include at least one alternate-item format question per chapter.
• Updated chapters on cultural considerations and women's health bring you the latest information on these important considerations in drug therapy.  
• More reader-friendly and understandable than ever, this edition features helpful new photos throughout.