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Core Concepts in Pharmacology, 2nd Edition

Norman Holland, Hillsborough Community College Ruskin, Florida

Michael P. Adams

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Overview

Description

This text introduces pharmacology to LPN students. Using a disease approach, it draws upon core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and pathology to make drug therapy understandable to students.

Features

Objectives

Objectives provide the student with a listing of knowledge they can expect to have upon completion of the chapter.

Disease and Body System Approach

The organization by body systems and diseases clearly places the drugs in context with how they are used therapeutically.
The student is able to easily locate all relevant anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology in the same chapter in which the drugs are discussed.

Core Concepts

Through the use of numbered Core Concepts, the student is able to quickly identify key ideas.
These core concepts are stated at the beginning of each chapter, so that the student can get an overview of what is to be learned.

Nursing Focus—NEW

This edition provides focused nursing content, allowing students to quickly find the content that is essential for them to know for safe, effective drug therapy.

Nursing Process Focus flowcharts provide a succinct, easy-to-read view of the most important nursing actions for the commonly prescribed drug classes.

Need-to-know nursing actions are presented in a format that reflects the “flow” of the Nursing Process: nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning, interventions, patient education and discharge planning, and evaluation.

Rationales for interventions are included in parentheses.

A Nursing Process Focus for every profile drug can be found on the Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/holland)

Drug Snapshot—NEW

This feature provides an at-a-glance list of the drug classes and drug profiles that are covered in each chapter

Drug Profiles

To facilitate learning, a prototype approach is used in which the one or two most representative drugs in each classification are introduced in detail.

Drug Profile boxes are used to clearly indicate these important medications. In this edition, content has been expanded to include drug-drug and herb-drug Interactions.

Cross-Referencing

Cross-reference icons refer the student to content in other chapters.

This helps to facilitate understanding that one drug may be prescribed for several different conditions.

Drug Tables

Drug tables provide the most important information for each drug in a user-friendly format.

Drugs that are profiled within that chapter are also identified with a Profile icon.

Lifespan Content—NEW

Lifespan Facts provide important pediatric and geriatric considerations for drug therapy.

Their placement in the margins draws special attention to this important topic.

Mechanism in Action

Mechanism in Action features use computer animations to clearly demonstrate drug action.

A colorful graphic of the animation is included in many of the Drug Profile boxes, as well as a description of the drug action.

Patient Teaching

To help the student achieve the ability to communicate pharmacology, each drug chapter contains concise Patients Need to Know boxes that apply fundamental patient care principles to pharmacology.

Natural Alternatives

Natural Alternatives features present a popular herbal or dietary supplement that may be considered along with conventional drugs.

FastFacts

The FastFacts feature puts the disease in a social and economic perspective.

Concept Reviews

Concept Reviews are questions placed strategically throughout the chapter to stimulate student comprehension and retention.

Word Roots

Word roots are included in the margins to help the student identify prefixes and suffixes essential to medical word-building.

Since pronunciation of medical terms is often difficult, a phonetic pronunciation is provided for difficult terms.

Phonetic pronunciations for generic drugs are provided in the index.

Core Concept Summary

Core Concept Summaries are repeated at the end of the chapter, with a brief summary of the important concepts.

Key Terms

Key Terms with phonetic pronunciations and definitions, with the page number on which the first reference to the word can be found.

Key terms are also placed in boldface type throughout the text.

Review Questions—NEW

NCLEX-PN®-style questions provide content preview/review, as well as invaluable practice for taking the test.

Case Study Questions—NEW

Case Study Questions help the student apply pharmacology to patient care.

Further Study—NEW

Further Study provides references to related chapters to broaden understanding

MediaLink

MediaLink is included at the beginning and end of each chapter.

This feature guides the student to resources, interactive exercises, and animations for that chapter on the Student CD-ROM and Companion Website. MediaLink serves as a gateway to additional learning.

New to This Edition

A nursing focus: Forty-five Nursing Process Focus flowcharts provide a succinct, easy-to-read view of the most commonly prescribed drug classes. A Nursing Process Focus for every profile drug can be found on the Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/holland).
Increased coverage of bioterrorism and poisoning.
Enteral and parenteral nutrition content has been added to Ch. 27.
Patient teaching has been strengthened in new Patients Need to Know boxes that appear in each drug chapter.
A reorganized, enhanced end-of-chapter review section, with new NCLEX-PN® style review questions, Case Study Questions, Further Study, and placement of Key Terms for better content retention.
Life Span Facts provide important pediatric and geriatric considerations for drug therapy.

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About the Author(s)

Leland Norman Holland, Jr., Ph.D. (Norm) is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL. Formerly, he was the Chair in the Division for Health, Mathematics and Science at Pasco-Hernando Community College. He has been actively involved in teaching and preparing students for various health professions including nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy. He comes to the teaching profession after spending several years doing basic science research at the VA Hospital in Augusta, Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia where he received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology. He has taught pharmacology over the course of 10 years at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is very much dedicated to the success of students and has assisted many in their pursuits to earn healthcare degrees.

Michael Patrick Adams, PhD., R.T.(R) is the Associate Dean for Health, Mathematics and Science at Pasco-Hernando Community College. He is an accomplished educator, author and national speaker. The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in Austin, TX named Dr. Adams a Master Teacher. He has been registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists for over 30 years. Dr. Adams obtained his Masters degree in Pharmacology from Michigan State University and his Doctorate in Education at the University of South Florida.