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Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd
Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language,
easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons - such as
Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and
Drug Alerts - to help you really understand how drugs work, instead
of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with
nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and
information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online
case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN®
and NCLEX-RN®. Sections on "Priority Actions to Take Before,"
"Priority Actions to Take After," and "Teaching Priorities for
Patients" emphasize important aspects of drug administration,
monitoring, follow-up, and patient teaching. Life span
considerations outline nursing implications for drugs used in
children, older adults, and pregnant women. Math and dosage
calculations review reinforces medication preparation safety. Get
Ready for the NCLEX® Examination! sections at the end of each
chapter summarize key points and provide review questions that
reinforce important concepts learned in the chapter. An array of
marginal cartoon icons in Common Side Effects boxes help visual
learners remember essential drug side effects. Drug Alert and Do
Not Confuse boxes highlight areas of common drug/dosage errors.
Memory Jogger boxes help you retain important drug information. Try
This! boxes in the math chapter allow you to practice dosage
calculation concepts. NEW! Clinical Judgment questions at the end
of each clinical chapter offer additional self-assessment on
pharmacology and medication administration. NEW! Critical Point for
Safety boxes emphasize very important pharmacologic concepts to
remember. NEW! Approximately 40 animations on the companion Evolve
website supplement important concepts related to understanding
pharmacology. NEW! Printed answer key with rationales in the back
of the book makes it easy to check your answers and assess your
comprehension. UPDATED! Revised drug tables provide adult dosages
and nursing implications for individual drugs.
This study guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for
Medication Safety, 3rd Edition offers content review and a wide
range of engaging activities and medication safety practice
questions to help you master pharmacology concepts, learn drug
safety, and practice dosage calculation. A variety of learning
activities, including matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false,
identification, and multiple-choice questions, plus crossword
puzzles, help reinforce learning. Medication Safety Practice
sections emphasize important safety concepts related to medication
administration. Practice quizzes, comprised of multiple-choice and
select-all-that-apply questions for the NCLEX (R), assess students'
knowledge of important chapter concepts to prepare them for the
NCLEX-PN (R) and NCLEX-RN (R) Examinations. Reader-friendly writing
style and organization increases understanding for entry-level
students. NEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX (R) in
clinical chapters help students practice for the next generation
licensure exam. Updated exercises cover newly approved
pharmaceutical treatments and drugs.
Master the essential medical-surgical nursing content you'll need
for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX (R) Exam (NGN) and safe
clinical practice! Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for
Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 10th Edition uses a
conceptual approach to provide adult health knowledge and help you
develop the clinical nursing judgment skills that today's
medical-surgical nurses need to deliver safe, effective care.
"Iggy" emphasizes three emerging trends in nursing -
interprofessional collaborative care, concept-based learning, and
clinical judgment and systems thinking - trends that will ground
you in how to think like a nurse and how to apply your knowledge in
the classroom, simulation laboratory, and clinical settings. A
perennial bestseller, "Iggy" also features NCLEX Exam-style
Challenge and Mastery questions to prepare you for success on the
NGN! Consistent use of interprofessional terminology promotes
interprofessional collaboration through the use of a common
healthcare language, instead of using isolated nursing-specific
diagnostic language. UNIQUE! Enhanced conceptual approach to
learning integrates nursing concepts and exemplars, providing a
foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and illness
concepts, and showing their application in each chapter.
Unparalleled emphasis on clinical reasoning and clinical judgment
helps you develop these vital skills when applying concepts to
clinical situations. Emphasis on QSEN and patient safety focuses on
safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority
boxes, including Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert
boxes. Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise
sentences and straightforward vocabulary. Emphasis on health
promotion and community-based care reflects the reality that most
adult health care takes place in environments outside of
high-acuity (hospital) settings. NEW! Strengthened conceptual
approach with data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections adds the
concepts of pain, inflammation, and infection, and presents
Exemplar disorders with a full nursing-process format and extra
depth to help prepare you for the Next Generation NCLEX (R) Exam
(NGN). NEW and UNIQUE! Enhanced focus on clinical judgment and
systems thinking ensures alignment with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment
Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills you'll need for
effective clinical judgment, for the NGN, and for safe clinical
practice. NEW and UNIQUE! Emphasis on NGN preparation includes
chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for
the NCLEX Examination! sections, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge
questions and new chapter-ending Mastery Questions, with an answer
key in the back of the book and on the companion Evolve website.
UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach to care views
medical and nursing management through the lens of the nursing
process and the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model and aligns with the
Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies
for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. NEW! Emphasis on
need-to-know content provides a solid foundation for beginning
nurse generalists, including only the most important patient
problems for each medical condition, with streamlined chapters and
concise coverage of nursing skills for preoperative and
postoperative care. NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the
latest national and international evidence-based guidelines and
protocols. NEW! Improved learning resources on Evolve are
thoroughly updated and closely integrated with the textbook. NEW!
Interprofessional Collaboration boxes highlight how the nurse
collaborates with other members of the healthcare team. NEW!
Ethical/Legal Considerations boxes address dilemmas that
medical-surgical nurses face related to technological changes and
socioeconomic disparities. NEW! Increased emphasis on home care,
health promotion, and community-based care reflects the ongoing
shift of care from hospitals to the home environment. NEW! Updated
illustrations include new anatomy and physiology images, procedure
images, and disorder photos. NEW! Updated drug tables are designed
for quick reference and the use of drug trade names is eliminated
for better alignment with the NGN. NEW! Coverage of opioid use
disorder is updated to reflect the opioid crisis in the U.S. NEW!
Content on personal safety and preparedness for mass casualty
events has been expanded to equip you for the realities of
healthcare today. NEW! Key terms and definitions at the beginning
of each chapter give you advance familiarity with essential
terminology. NEW! Revised Key Points align closely with Learning
Outcomes and each includes a QSEN or Clinical Nursing Concept "tag"
to maximize your study efficiency.
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