Pharmacology for Nursing Care /

Abstract

This edition, like the first six, was written to be a true textbook—that is, a book that focuses on essentials and plays down secondary details. To give the book focus, four primary techniques are employed: (1) teaching through prototypes, (2) using large print for essential information and small print for secondary information, (3) limiting discussion of adverse effects and drug interactions to information that matters most, and (4) using evidence-based clinical guidelines to determine what content to stress. To reinforce the relationship between pharmacologic knowledge and nursing practice, nursing implications are integrated into the body of each chapter. Also, to provide rapid access to nursing content, nursing implications are summarized at the end of most chapters, using a nursing process format. In addition, key points are summarized at the end of each chapter. As in prior editions, this edition emphasizes conceptual material, thereby reducing rote memorization, promoting comprehension, and increasing reader friendliness.