Binding: Paperback
Description: Gain the pharmacology knowledge and skills you need to administer medications safely! Pharmacology and the Nursing Process 10th Edition provides practical easy - to - use pharmacology information emphasizing the application of the nursing process and prioritization throughout the book. Coverage begins with pharmacology basics then discusses drugs by body systems and drug functions. Hundreds of full - color illustrations show how drugs work in the body and depict key steps in medication administration. Written by pharmacology experts Linda Lane Lilley Shelly Rainforth Collins and Julie S. Snyder this bestselling textbook makes it easy to understand and apply pharmacology concepts and provide safe quality nursing care. Focus on need - to - know information includes discussions of what nurses may encounter during drug administration in a variety of health care settings providing accounts of real - life medication errors and tips for avoiding those errors. The Nursing Process is applied to each category of drugs ensuring that you administer medications accurately and safely and includes the steps of assessment human need statements planning implementation and evaluation. Emphasis on drug classes describes key similarities and differences among the drugs in each class making it easier to understand how individual drugs work 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. High - alert icons identify medications that pose a greater risk to patient safety. Focus on prioritization includes prioritized nursing diagnoses along with a corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes to help you learn to connect nursing diagnoses with goals and outcomes. Ease of readability makes difficult content more understandable. Photo atlas features more than 100 drawings and photographs showing drug administration techniques. Dosages tables summarize generic and trade names pharmacologic class normal dosage ranges and indications for the drugs. Learning features at the beginning of each chapter include 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. NEW! Updated drug content reflects the latest FD a drug approvals withdrawals and therapeutic uses and includes updated nursing content.
Title: Pharmacology And The Nursing Process
Author(s): Snyder Julie S. (Adjunct Faculty School Of Nursing Old Dominion University Virginia Beach Virginia)
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Barcode: 9780323827973
Pages: 960 Pages, 280 Illustrations (280 In Full Color); Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 5/9/2022
Category: Nursing