<p>This bestselling text is known for its clear and consistent format, colorful design, and helpful boxed features and illustrations that highlight need-to-know information and help busy nursing students learn and understand pharmacology. The new edition includes new chapters on medication errors and gene therapy, and all pharmacology content has undergone an extensive revision to ensure that this already-strong content is even more current, consistent, and easy to follow. The Photo Atlas of Drug Administration has been updated to cover even more drug administration routes and to provide numerous new photos and drawings. Content on bioterrorism agents and drugs for HIV/AIDS, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, infection, and psychiatric conditions has been thoroughly updated and expanded.</p>
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<li>Innovative cartoon-illustrated Study Skills Tips at the beginning of each Part cover study tips, time management, and test taking strategies related specifically to studying pharmacology, designed to engage students in the content by applying proven study skills to the field of pharmacology.</li>
<li>Over 250 full-color illustrations explain how drugs work in the body and depict key pharmacologic principles.</li>
<li>Consistent chapter format makes information easy to read and improves students' understanding of key concepts.</li>
<li>Individual drugs are encapsulated in shaded Drug Profiles that highlight pharmacokinetics and unique variations of individual drugs.</li>
<li>Representative or prototype Key Drugs are highlighted with an icon for quick identification.</li>
<li>Learning features in each chapter include Objectives, Drug Profiles boxes, e-Learning Activities, and a Glossary with definitions and page references.</li>
<li>Nursing process discussions in separate sections at the end of chapters present Assessment, Nursing Diagnoses, Planning, Outcome Criteria, Implementation, and Evaluation in a consistent nursing process framework with an emphasis on patient education.</li>
<li>Points to Remember boxes at the end of chapters summarize content in a bulleted format to help readers review major concepts, and multiple-choice NCLEX Examination Review Questions provide a review for the pharmacology component of the NCLEX exam.</li>
<li>Patient Teaching Tips at the end of each chapter highlight useful patient education information specific to each drug group.</li>
<li>Tear-out IV Compatibility Chart provides portable reference on drugs administered intravenously.</li>
<li>Pediatric and Geriatric Considerations boxes highlight important lifespan implications of drug therapy.</li>
<li>A separate disorders index alphabetically references disorders in the text to aid in integrating it with medical-surgical and other clinical nursing course content.</li>
<li>Home Health/Community Points boxes provide a perspective on drug therapy in the home or community.</li>
<li>Cultural Implications boxes present differences among cultural or ethnic groups.</li>
<li>Legal and Ethical Principles boxes promote awareness of liability issues and proper professional conduct.</li>
<li>Research boxes synopsize recent nursing research to promote quality, evidence-based practice.</li>
<li>Case studies with critical thinking questions reflect the real world of clinical practice with specific patients from various cultures and age groups.</li>
<li>Nursing care plans clarify the nurse's role in drug therapy with nursing diagnoses, subjective and objective data, and outcome criteria.</li>
<li>Dosages tables provide instant access to common dosages, routes, and indications for individual drugs.</li>
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<li>A new Student CD-ROM features 400 NCLEX-style questions, pharmacology animations, medication errors checklists, and IV therapy checklists to help students apply pharmacology content to clinical settings.</li>
<li>A new chapter on Medication Errors: Preventing and Responding discusses the scope of the problem, specific nursing measures to prevent medication errors, possible consequences of medication errors, responses to errors, reporting and learning from mistakes, and other related issues.</li>
<li>A new chapter on Gene Therapy and Pharmacogenomics provides an overview of major concepts in genetics, including genetic influences on disease and the development of gene-based therapies to promote an understanding of the nurse's role in this emerging branch of health science.</li>
<li>The Photo Atlas of Medication Administration has been extensively revised to cover more drug administration routes, featuring over 100 new full-color illustrations with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips for administering medications.</li>
<li>Herbal Therapies boxes provide key information on commonly used herbal products.</li>
<li>Pharmacology content has been thoroughly revised and updated, including content on bioterrorism agents and drugs for HIV/AIDS, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and infection.</li>
<li>e-Learning Activities boxes included in each chapter remind students of related activities on the Student CD-ROM and the Evolve website to integrate multimedia content and exercises with material presented in the book.</li>
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Pharmacology and the Nursing Process with CD-ROM, 4e

Medical Books

Linda Lilley

Scott Harrington

Julie Snyder

Nursing

Mosby

Corresponding to Lilley's Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 4th Edition, this collection of innovative, interactive assets and ready-to-use modules helps faculty build an online or web-enhanced course that facilitates understanding of nursing pharmacology like nothing else! It includes animation-enhanced self-study modules, branching case studies, interactive learning activities, unique Roadside Assistance video clips, an online drug handbook, audio clips, animations, Discussion Threads, WebLinks, and more. This rich library of online assets can be used for a fully online or web-enhanced course. Instructor resources are available; contact your sales representative for details.Users can work through 12 ready-to-use, animation-enhanced self-study modules on the basic principles of pharmacology as often as needed to ensure comprehension, then submit an NCLEX® Examination-style quiz for grading.20 ready-to-use interactive case studies - one for each Lilley "Part" -- prompt users to make patient care decisions. At the end of each case, the user submits an NCLEX Examination-style quiz.Users can work through 114 interactive learning activities -- two for each chapter in the Lilley textbook.An online, full-text version of Mosby's 2005 Drug Consult for Nurses helps users work through issues of drug dosage and administration.16 Roadside Assistance video clips feature nationally known pharmacologist and speaker Alan P. Agins, PhD, presenting core pharmacology concepts with a uniquely memorable flair.Users can view 38 animations -- every animation from the self-study modules, plus bonus animations.Students can listen to audio clips of the pronunciation of more than 600 key terms in pharmacology, including the generic names of the top 100 drugs and the key drugs identified in the text.A dynamic library of WebLinks corresponds to every chapter and is updated quarterly to ensure currency.Power-packed instructor assets include:A test bank with over 500 items in a format consistent with the NCLEX Examination, each coded with correct answer, nursing process step, NCLEX Client Needs category, and cognitive type.A PowerPoint collection with approximately 2,100 customizable text slides.A 400-item image collection with every image from the Lilley textbook, all of the images from the self-study modules, and additional images in pathophysiology and drug administration.A collection of 38 animations (every animation from the self-study modules as well as bonus animations) to incorporate into online presentations.30 thought-provoking Discussion Threads to post for student discussion.

Pharmacology Online to Accompany Pharmacology and the Nursing Process (Access Code)

Patricia Neafsey

Kathleen Gutierrez

Alan Agins

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