NEW! Chapter on Eye and Ear Medications focuses on important glaucoma treatments. NEW! Dosage ranges added to drug tables reinforce safe medication administration NEW! Top tips for safety and clinical care provide you with advice from practicing nurses in applicable situations. NEW! Expanded content on cultural considerations help you think about ethnic differences that may relate to each drug class. NEW! Drug and IV calculation questions test your knowledge of dosages and calculations.

Now featuring a full-color design and illustrations, this popular textbook combines a clear and concise format with up-to-date coverage of nursing pharmacology. It provides a clear review of mathematics with drug calculations and a concise overview of the general principles of pharmacology. Each therapeutic drug class is covered in a straightforward format, including an application of the nursing process and consistent learning aids. Its coverage of essential pharmacology content and its clear, consistent approach will help students succeed in nursing pharmacology and excel on the NCLEX Examination, which now includes an increased emphasis on pharmacology. (Midwest).

Learn the principles of pharmacology and administer drugs safely! Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 11th Edition provides the essential information that LPNs and vocational nurses need to administer medications in all practice settings. It shows how drugs and drug classes work, so you can understand why drugs are given and evaluate the expected response as well as side effects and adverse effects. In each drug category, an overview of the nursing process outlines the nurse’s role when administering drugs. This edition includes a new Drugs for Cancer Treatment chapter and Get Ready for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination! case studies and questions to help you prepare for the newest version of the NCLEX exam. Written by an experienced team of authors led by Dr. Constance G. Visovsky, this book is the only pharmacology text designed specifically for LPN/LVNs. Ideal scope of content and readability for LPN/LVN programs provides illustrated, need-to-know pharmacology information, and includes a new Drugs for Cancer Treatment chapter. A focus on drug categories helps you understand the actions and uses of drug classes and provides a framework for safe, effective practice as new drugs are introduced to the market. Rationales accompany nursing actions, helping you understand why actions or precautions are necessary and to better communicate directions to patients and their families. Safety Alert boxes and Black Box Warnings highlight important nursing considerations for safe medication administration and monitoring. Lifespan Considerations boxes draw attention to information that is especially important when giving a specific drug to older adults, children, or pregnant/lactating women. Get Ready for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination! section includes key points, review questions, and case studies with critical thinking questions to prepare you for the pharmacology questions on the NCLEX-PN® Exam. Top Tips for Safety and Memory Jogger features help you remember key information. Online video clips on medication administration procedures provide you with a visual reference for safe drug administration. Key terms include definitions and page references to help you improve terminology and language skills before you enter clinical practice. NEW! Drugs for Cancer Treatment chapter is added to this edition. NEW! Expanded and refocused chapters include Drugs for Reproductive Health, Drugs for Thyroid and Adrenal Problems, and Drugs for Osteoporosis. NEW! High Alert Drugs boxes are added. NEW! Updated and newly approved pharmaceutical treatments and drugs prepare students for practice, covering only the drugs and drug categories that apply to the LPN/LVN role. NEW! Answer key includes end-of-chapter questions, including answers to questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) exam.

This core text offers LPN/LVN students a clear, concise introduction to pharmacology, focusing on basic principles and the nurse's responsibility in drug administration. Organized by body system, the book examines pharmacologic properties and therapeutic applications of drug classes. Summary Drug Tables present generic and trade drug names, uses, adverse reactions, and usual dosage ranges. This edition has thoroughly updated drug information, a new "Pharmacology in Practice" case study feature, Nursing Alerts, Lifespan Alerts, Chronic Care Alerts, Diversity Alerts, and additional material on the nursing process. Including a FREE copy of Lippincott’s Photo Atlas of Medication Administration, a bound CD-ROM, a companion website includes an NCLEX® alternate item format tutorial, a Spanish-English audio glossary, monographs on 100 most commonly prescribed drugs, Listen and Learn, Concepts in Action animations, Watch and Learn video clips, and Dosage Calculation Quizzes. The full text is also available online. Online Tutoring powered by Smarthinking—Free online tutoring, powered by Smarthinking, gives students access to expert nursing and allied health science educators whose mission, like yours, is to achieve success. Students can access live tutoring support, critiques of written work, and other valuable tools.

This revised second edition covers the pharmacologic principles underlying the individualization of patient therapy and contemporary drug development, focusing on the fundamentals that underlie the clinical use and contemporary development of pharmaceuticals. Authors drawn from academia, the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies cover the spectrum of material, including pharmacokinetic practice questions, covered by the basic science section of the certifying examination offered by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. This unique reference is recommended by the Board as a study text and includes modules on drug discovery and development to assist students as well as practicing pharmacologists. Unique breadth of coverage ranging from drug discovery and development to individualization and quality assessment of drug therapy Unusual cohesive of presentation that stems from author participation in an ongoing popular NIH course Instructive linkage of pharmacokinetic theory and applications with provision of sample problems for self-study Wide-ranging perspective of authors drawn from the ranks of Federal agencies, academia and the pharmaceutical industry Expanded coverage of pharmacogenetics Expanded coverage of drug transporters and their role in interactions Inclusion of new material on enzyme induction mechanisms in chapters on drug metabolism and drug interactions A new chapter on drug discovery that focuses on oncologic agents Inclusion of therapeutic antibodies in chapter on biotechnology products

This book is about the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. Doctors need to understand the psychological and medical area in which they prescribe to deliver what patients have a right to expect, ie. maximum benefit with minimum risk.