Pharmacology for Nursing Care by Richard A. Lehne

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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(r) 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 importantconcepts.
• 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.

Barbara Van de Castle

This is a very detailed pharmacology textbook. It covers many areas in great detail with appropriately applied physiology. The nursing components are integrated throughout the text as well as summarized into nursing implications at the end of most chapters. Each chapter has a list of key points for review. The purpose is to establish a knowledge base in the basic science of drugs and to demonstrate application in the clinical area. The purpose is met, but more case studies for easier clinical application could have been incorporated. This book also strives to focus on the essentials needed in nursing care and downplays secondary details by utilizing different sizes of print. This makes it easier to scan a page for important information. The target audience is nursing students in a pharmacology course. The level of physiology and detail may or may not be appropriate for integrated curricula. It is an excellent clinical review and resource for practitioners and educators. The references were few and located in the text instead of at the end of each chapter, which makes them difficult to locate. The content appears complete; new sections include Pediatric Immunization, Drug Therapy Across the Life Span, and an appendix for Drug-Related Information on the Internet. This list of Internet sites is appropriate and a great resource for the learner. The disk provided has a drug database of 200 drugs and NCLEX review questions. The review is easy to use and provides feedback on correct and incorrect answers. The database is very small and requires the students to actually cut and paste a card together. This textbook is an excellent resource and is suitable for a pharmacologycourse.

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Reviewer:Theresa P. Yeo, MSN, MPH, CRNP (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description:This informative, well-written nursing textbook provides clear and understandable descriptions of complex physiologic processes, integrating aspects of clinical relevance for nursing into the discussion.
Purpose:Dr. Lehne states that the purpose is to be a "true textbook," providing the essentials and minimizing secondary details. Two objectives are expressly stated: to establish a knowledge base in the basic science of drugs, and to demonstrate how that knowledge can be directly applied in providing patient care and patient education. Dr.Lehne accomplishes these worthy objectives in a very thorough book.
Audience:The target audience is nursing students, practicing nurses, and educators. The book would also be quite useful for graduate nursing students and advanced practice nurses such as nurse practitioners. Dr.Lehne has a well-earned reputation as an outstanding pharmacologist and nursing educator. Publication of this fourth edition of is a tribute to Dr. Lehne's expertise and success as an author.
Features:The book is comprehensive, encompassing discussions of the major categories of pharmacologic agents. In addition, three new chapters (pain management in cancer patients, obesity therapeutics, herbal supplements) and 140 new drugs are included in this edition. The Key Points feature at the end of each chapter is most useful for planning client and family education. In particular, the Summary of Major Nursing Implications provides the essential nursing decision making information. Chapter 53 onhematopoietic and thrombopoietic growth factors is especially relevant to current oncologic nursing practice. It provides a demystified discussion of colony stimulating growth factors and recombinant DNA products that are now in widepread clinical use. The only shortcoming is the absence of reference material. This is unfortunate, as an opportunity to expose the reader to state-of-the-art scientific and clinical research is missed.
Assessment:I found this book to be extremely readable. It provides the basics and more. Dr. Lehne describes it as the book that students like to read and I couldn't agree more! It is written at a level that will make it very marketable. On a personal note, I was privileged to take Dr. Lehne's pharamcology course while a graduate student at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. I have long enjoyed his textbooks and style of teaching.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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• ISBN: 1416025529
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Pub. Date: June 2006
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