Master the Principles of Effective Drug Therapy Current, concise, and optimized for today’s nursing practice, Focus on Nursing Pharmacology makes challenging concepts more approachable to establish a foundation for effective drug therapy throughout your nursing career. This updated 8th edition builds on your knowledge of physiology, chemistry and nursing fundamentals to help you conceptualize need-to-know information about each group of drugs, while engaging learning features cultivate your clinical application, critical thinking and patient education capabilities. NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts alert you to commonly misunderstood concepts. NEW! Unfolding case-based vignettes written by the National League for Nursing bring concepts to life through realistic clinical scenarios. Concise, streamlined approach emphasizes need-to-know information for efficient learning. Nursing Processes clarify the process for planning patient-centered care. Critical Thinking Scenarios guide you through the collection and application of data for commonly encountered clinical interactions. Nursing Considerations sections detail the rationale behind each nursing intervention to enhance your clinical decision-making capabilities. Drug Lists at the beginning of each chapter enable fast identification of prototype drugs for each class. Drugs in Focus tables provide at-a-glance reference for generic and trade names, usual dosage and indications for each drug within a class. Focus on Safe Medication Administration boxes help you ensure patient safety and increase the therapeutic effectiveness of drugs. Focus on the Evidence boxes identify the best nursing practices associated with specific drugs based on available evidence. Focus on Herbal and Alternative Therapies alert you to known interactions with specific herbs or alternative therapies that could affect drug actions. Focus on Calculations refine your calculation and measurement skills. Focus on Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes provide quick access to drug class considerations for use with children, adults and the elderly. Focus on Gender Considerations and Focus on Cultural Considerations help you ensure effective, culturally sensitive drug therapy across diverse populations. Check Your Understanding sections equip you for your exams with NCLEX®-style review questions, including alternate-format questions. Watch and Learn videos available on thePoint® help you avoid medication errors in practice.

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Karch’s Focus on Nursing Pharmacology, 9th Edition, makes challenging concepts approachable to help students establish a foundation for effective drug therapy throughout their nursing careers. Concise, clearly written, and streamlined for today’s busy students, this trusted text builds on students’ knowledge of physiology, chemistry, and nursing fundamentals to help them conceptualize need-to-know information. The thoroughly updated 9th Edition emphasizes content essential to students’ success on the NCLEX® and cultivates students’ clinical judgment to ensure a smooth, confident transition to nursing practice.

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This ideal starter text for student nurses aims to make pharmacology less intimidating and focuses on the knowledge needed at pre-registration level in order to practice as a newly qualified nurse, in a variety of different settings.

This study guide is designed to accompany the Fifth Edition of Focus on Nursing Pharmacology. It includes NCLEX�-style questions, matching questions, true-false questions, short-answer questions and other exercises to reinforce the content of the text.