Pharmacology for Nursing Care | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard A. Lehne
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 9864
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 1376
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 2.1
ISBN: 1416025529
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.1
EAN: 9781416025528
ASIN: 1416025529
Publication Date: June 20, 2006
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Always a student favorite, Pharmacology for Nursing Care offers a clear approach explaining drug prototypes and how they work. It provides the background needed to understand related drugs currently on the market, as well as drugs yet to be released. In simplifying a complex subject, this text focuses on the essentials of pharmacology. Large print is used to show "need-to-know" information, and small print is used for "nice to know" material. At the end of each chapter, a summary of major nursing implications helps in applying the material to real-world situations. This edition includes a new companion CD-ROM featuring NCLEX examination-style review questions, a variety of electronic calculators, and animations depicting drug mechanisms and effects.
- Uses a prototype drug approach that places a strong emphasis on understanding over memorization - equipping students with the knowledge 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.
- Summaries of Major Nursing Implications at the end of each chapter provide an in-depth look at assessment, implementation, and ongoing evaluations.
- Utilizes large print for essential information and small print for "nice-to-know" information to help both faculty and students focus their limited classroom and study time on understanding the essentials.
- Concise drug summary tables present detailed information on individual drugs, including class, generic and trade names, dosages, routes, and indications.
- Key Points at the end of each chapter summarize content in a bulleted format to help students review important concepts.
- Prototype drug discussions employ a clear and consistent format with separate headings for Mechanism of Action; Pharmacologic Effects; Pharmacokinetics; Therapeutic Uses; Adverse Effects; Drug Interactions; and Preparations, Dosage, and Administration.
- An attractive full-color design adds visual interest, highlights key information, and facilitates student learning.
- Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis and Drugs for Hemophilia chapters.
- Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia chapter covers newsworthy drugs such as Viagra and Levitra.
- Special Interest Topics boxes on current issues in pharmacology, such as Medication-Overuse Headache: Too Much of a Good Thing and Face Time with Botox.
- Adult Immunization appendix summarizes the latest information on immunizations.
- Numerous new illustrations show drug mechanisms and effects, and depict topics such as histologic changes in Alzheimer's disease and the movement of drugs following GI absorption.
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 Pharmacology for Nursing Care January 4, 2000
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Excellent reference book for drugs and their effects on the body. Good, basic pathophysiology of the systems, their disorders, and the drugs used to treat them. Best book of this type I have found in 25 years as a nurse.
A Must Have January 26, 2001
Patricia (Kaneohe, HI USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The new 4th edition of this book just keeps getting better and has a great chapter on alternative drugs added for this edition. The authors strive to make the information understandable and meaningful. This book is actually good reading for student nurses through advance practice nurses. The new study guide is also an improvement along with the web enhanced materials. The science is first rate and the material makes sense. Priorities are defined for drugs using the prototype format which enhances learning of the really important material.
Awesome! A must have! August 15, 2005
Angela K. Vanderslik (Visalia, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Although this book is made for nursing, I found it extremely insightful. I am a Physician Assistant & I would recommend it to ANY healthcare provider!
A Truly Outstanding Text June 15, 2006
David A. Papazian Boyce (Vancouver, WA, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lehne would win the favorite textbook award by acclamation at my nursing school. The text is clear, concise and incredibly well written. The author reviews relevent physiology, lays out the classes of drugs and explains how each works, usually by examining a prototypical drug in each class followed by briefer reviews of other similar drugs. Each chapter ends with a "Key Points" section which is probably the best chapter summary I have ever seen in a text. Then, a "Summary of Major Nursing Implications" puts it all into clinical practice.
If anyone had told me my favorite book in Nursing School would be my Pharmacology text, I wouldn't have believed them, but it's true. The author even has a sense of humor. If you have to study pharmacology this is THE text to use. Richard Lehne deserves an award, not to mention the undying gratitude of nursing students everywhere, for producing such a truly outstanding, useable and friendly text.
extremely well written, helpful textbook September 28, 2002
ljb (philadelphia)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have to say that this is one of the best text books I've ever had to buy! It's well written, well organized, and thoughtfully prepared. The author presents what might otherwise be very confusing and complicated ideas, and makes them straightforward and easy to understand. Best of all, I actually ENJOY reading this text. Yes, that's right, I enjoy reading about pharmacology! By making the concepts understandable, he makes the whole topic of drugs and their affects on the body interesting. What could be better than that?
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