Mastering Pharmacology: A Comprehensive Guide to Medication Safety

Are you looking for a trusted resource to help you understand pharmacology and ensure medication safety? Look no further than “Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition” by M. Linda Workman PhD RN FAAN and Linda LaCharity PhD RN. This esteemed textbook has been updated to provide you with the most current information on pharmacology and medication administration.

A User-Friendly Approach to Pharmacology

This innovative textbook uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging visuals such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts to help you grasp the complexities of pharmacology. By focusing on understanding how drugs work, rather than just memorizing drug information, you’ll be better equipped to provide safe and effective patient care.

Comprehensive Coverage of Pharmacology and Medication Administration

This comprehensive textbook covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Updated drug tables with nursing implications to ensure you have the information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs
• Online case studies to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN
• Emphasis on important aspects of drug administration, monitoring, follow-up, and patient teaching, including “Priority Actions to Take Before,” “Priority Actions to Take After,” and “Teaching Priorities for Patients”
• Life span considerations outlining nursing implications for drugs used in children, older adults, and pregnant women
• Math and dosage calculations review to reinforce medication preparation safety

Engaging Features to Enhance Learning

This textbook is designed to engage and motivate you to learn, with features such as:

• Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections at the end of each chapter, summarizing key points and providing review questions to reinforce important concepts
• Marginal cartoon icons in Common Side Effects boxes to help visual learners remember essential drug side effects
• Drug Alert and Do Not Confuse boxes highlighting areas of common drug/dosage errors
• Memory Jogger boxes to help you retain important drug information
• Try This! boxes in the math chapter, allowing you to practice dosage calculation concepts
• New! Clinical Judgment questions at the end of each clinical chapter, offering additional self-assessment on pharmacology and medication administration
• New! Critical Point for Safety boxes, emphasizing very important pharmacologic concepts to remember
• New! Approximately 40 animations on the companion Evolve website, supplementing important concepts related to understanding pharmacology
• New! Printed answer key with rationales in the back of the book, making it easy to check your answers and assess your comprehension

By using “Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition”, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of pharmacology and be better prepared to provide safe and effective patient care.

Product Details:

Publisher: Saunders

Publication Date: March 23, 2023

Language: English

Pages: 608 pages

ISBN-10: 0323793509

ISBN-13: 978-0323793506