2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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DrugTherapy inNursing, FourthEdition, RevisedReprint Diane S. Aschenbrenner, RN 978-1-45118-766-3 •November2012 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1152pp. •200 Illus.

This text presents a totally nursing-focused framework for teaching and learning nursing pharmacology, and “places the patient” at the centerof alldruganddrugadministrationdecisionsandconsiderations. The book presents core drug knowledge using prototypes of different drug classes and emphasizes core patient variables that influence the patient’s response to therapy. Features • UPDATED! Significant updatingof drug informationandnew references. • Additional emphasis placedon safety concernswithdrug therapy. • Additional informationabout pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics. • BlackBoxWarnings keeps students focusedon key information, for all drugs, not just prototypes. • ColorConceptMaps&DrugSummaryTable . Ensuring student understandingandengagement. • CommunityBasedConcerns . Keeping thepatient and community at the focus. • PrepU .Adaptivequizzing for students and information for faculty. • CorePatientVariables . Helping students learnwhat important patient variables to consider. • FocusonResearchBoxes . Keeping researchat the frontof students’minds. • MemoryChips . Pointingout keyelements for students to remember. • PhysiologyFeatures . Helping students focusonPhysiology. • PrototypeApproach .Giving students a simplerway to learnand rememberdrug types. • Questions forStudy&Review . • SafetyAlerts .

Table of Contents I: Foundations forDrugTherapy in Nursing II: CoreDrugKnowledge III: CorePatientVariables IV: PeripheralNervousSystemDrugs V: CentralNervousSystemDrug VI: AnalgesicandAnti-Inflammatory Drugs VII: Hematopoietic,Cardiovascular andRenal SystemDrugs VIII: RespiratoryDrugs IX: GastrointestinalTractDrugs X: AntimicrobialDrugs XI: EndocrineDrugs XII: ImmuneSystemandCancer ChemotherapyDrugs

Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation

StudyGuide forDrugTherapy inNursing, FourthEdition Diane S. Aschenbrenner, RN 978-1-60831-152-1 •December2011 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •384pp. •40 Illus.