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PHARMACOLOGY

Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, 1st UK Edition Amy M. Karch

Fully adapted for the UK, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organised by body system, the book explains the rationale for each drug class’s therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, using the British National Formulary as its reference guide. Each chapter opens with learning objectives and ends with questions to reinforce learning. Illustrations, tables, side bars, and boxes summarise concepts and focus attention on critical thinking, patient safety, evidence-based practice, lifespan issues, patient teaching, and case study- based critical thinking exercises.

978-1-9018-3101-6 / 1088 pp / 2010 / £42.95 €52.00

Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! 1st UK Edition Bill Scott and Deirdre McGrath

This practical book is a complete and clear guide to calculating drug dosages. The text covers basic maths (fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions and percentages), measurement systems and practical calculations. There is vital information on recording drug administration, routes of administration, and reading drug labels, and preventing errors associated with each of these. The text promotes awareness of all of these issues through the use of realistic examples and self-test questions throughout. Additional chapters cover

paediatric, obstetric and critical care dosage calculations. 978-1-9018-3103-0 / 336 pp / 100 illus / 2008 / £17.50 €21.00

Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! 1st UK Edition William N. Scott and Deirdre McGrath Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! explains difficult and

complex pharmacology concepts in a clear and concise manner, making the information easy to learn and, most importantly, to remember. The text covers fundamentals of pharmacology, including where drugs come from, how they are classified and administered, drugs by pharmacologic class for all body systems, plus pain medications, and potentially dangerous drug interactions. All aspects of how the body processes a drug and the subsequent actions of that drug on the body are discussed in detail, and many are illustrated for clarity. The text is organised by body system, and illustrated with numerous features to enhance comprehension.

978-1-9018-3104-7 / 696 pp / 100 illus / 2008 / £28.50 €34.00