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Gain the pharmacology knowledge and skills you need to administer
medications safely! Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th
Edition provides practical, easy-to-use pharmacology information,
emphasizing the application of the nursing process and
prioritization throughout the book. Coverage begins with
pharmacology basics, then discusses drugs by body systems and drug
functions. Hundreds of full-color illustrations show how drugs work
in the body and depict key steps in medication administration.
Written by pharmacology experts Linda Lane Lilley, Shelly Rainforth
Collins, and Julie S. Snyder, this bestselling textbook makes it
easy to understand and apply pharmacology concepts and provide
safe, quality nursing care. Focus on need-to-know information
includes discussions of what nurses may encounter during drug
administration in a variety of health care settings, providing
accounts of real-life medication errors and tips for avoiding those
errors. The Nursing Process is applied to each category of drugs,
ensuring that you administer medications accurately and safely, and
includes the steps of assessment, human need statements, planning,
implementation, and evaluation. Emphasis on drug classes describes
key similarities and differences among the drugs in each class,
making it easier to understand how individual drugs work in the
body. Consistent presentation for each drug group includes the
mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse
effects, interactions, and dosages, concluding with drug profiles
of individual drugs in the class or group. High-alert icons
identify medications that pose a greater risk to patient safety.
Focus on prioritization includes prioritized nursing diagnoses
along with a corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes, to
help you learn to connect nursing diagnoses with goals and
outcomes. Ease of readability makes difficult content more
understandable. Photo atlas features more than 100 drawings and
photographs showing drug administration techniques. Dosages tables
summarize generic and trade names, pharmacologic class, normal
dosage ranges, and indications for the drugs. Learning features at
the beginning of each chapter include objectives and key terms, and
at the end of each chapter, key points, critical thinking
questions, review questions, and a list of resources available on
the Evolve website. QSEN coverage includes the use of human need
theory with human need statements, case studies featuring
collaboration and teamwork content, Preventing Medication Errors
boxes, and a discussion of the QSEN initiative as it relates to the
safety and quality of patient care. NEW! Updated drug content
reflects the latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and
therapeutic uses, and includes updated nursing content.
With more than 100 evidence-based, customizable care plans,
Swearingen's All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource:
Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric-Mental
Health is an easy-to-use, curriculum-wide reference to guide the
development of patient-centered nursing care plans. The only
nursing care planning reference book that covers all four core
clinical areas, it features care plans for medical-surgical,
maternity/OB, pediatrics, and psychiatric?mental health to help you
learn to care for patients in any setting. The interprofessional
patient problems focus teaches you how to communicate patient
problems using the standard terminology of the health professions
rather than in nursing-specific language. Safety icons highlight
assessments and interventions that focus on safety measures
supported by national patient safety standards and goals. Care
plans have been updated throughout to reflect the latest
evidence-based treatment guidelines and protocols. Care plan
components are now labeled as appropriate with the six cognitive
skills identified in the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to help
you identify, develop, and implement the clinical judgment skills
needed for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) and in
clinical practice. With new care plans on Infection, Breastfeeding,
and Delirium, a clear, focused approach, an easy-to-use format, and
straightforward rationales, this one book will meet your care
planning needs throughout your entire nursing program and into
clinical practice! UNIQUE! Care plans cover all four major clinical
areas: medical-surgical, OB/maternity, pediatrics, and
psychiatric-mental health nursing. UNIQUE! Colorful design makes
the book more user friendly and includes color-coded tabs and
improved cross-referencing and navigation aids for faster
information retrieval. UNIQUE! Updated care plan focused on support
of LGBTQ+ patients ensures sensitive, professional nursing care.
Consistent format for each care plan facilitates more efficient
planning, with headings for Overview/Pathophysiology, Health Care
Setting, and more. Interprofessional patient problems focus equips
users to communicate with other health professionals in the
interprofessional language of patient problems, rather than in the
nursing-specific language of nursing diagnosis. Safety icons
highlight assessments and interventions that focus on safety
measures supported by national patient safety standards and goals.
Patient problems are prioritized in order of importance and
physiologic patient needs are included to help users focus on the
most important assessments and interventions. Detailed rationales
for each nursing intervention help users apply concepts to specific
patient situations in clinical practice. NEW and UNIQUE! Care plan
components are now labeled as appropriate with the six cognitive
skills identified in the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to help
students identify, develop, and implement the clinical judgment
skills needed for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN)
and in clinical practice. NEW! Additional care plans on Infection,
Delirium, and Breastfeeding. UPDATED! Content throughout reflects
the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines and national and
international treatment protocols.
Use this practical study guide to get more out of Lilley's
Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 10th Edition textbook! With
chapters corresponding to the chapters in the textbook, this
workbook helps you review and understand the key terms, key
concepts, and pharmacology that nurses need to know. Exercises
include NCLEX-RN (R) examination-style review questions, critical
thinking and application questions, and case studies. It provides
the review and practice you need to master the nursing process and
nursing pharmacology! Application-based NCLEX (R) exam practice
questions include at least one alternate item question per chapter.
Review questions in each chapter are divided into sections: Chapter
Review and NCLEX (R) Examination Preparation, Matching, Critical
Thinking and Application, and Case Study. Focus on prioritization
features prioritization exercises in which you must evaluate a
clinical scenario and answer the question: What is the nurse's best
action? Overview of drug calculation concepts helps you correctly
perform mathematical problems when calculating drug dosages, and
includes practice problems and a practice quiz. Sample drug labels
are shown. Learning strategies expand upon the unique,
cartoon-illustrated study strategies in the Lilley textbook, and
offer additional information and learning tips. Answers for all
questions are provided at the back of the book. NEW! Expanded NCLEX
(R) focus includes one to two additional NCLEX examination-style
questions for each chapter, including additional alternate item
format types. NEW! Updated review questions reflect the updated
content in the 10th edition of the Lilley textbook.
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