**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pharmacology** Master an understanding of pharmacology — and apply that understanding to nursing practice! With an engaging approach that actually makes learning nursing pharmacology enjoyable,
Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 12th Edition
makes it easier to understand difficult pharmacologic principles and the clinical use of drugs. The book discusses physiology and pathophysiology for each of the major drug families, using drug prototypes to simplify learning. What’s more, it focuses your attention on the most important content, limiting discussions of drug interactions and adverse effects to those that matter most. Written by nursing educators Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum and Laura D. Rosenthal, this text emphasizes the understanding of drugs and drug therapy as opposed to simply memorizing drug facts.
Clear, engaging writing style
simplifies complex concepts, making difficult pharmacology content not only understandable but actually enjoyable.
Prototype Drugs
approach
focuses on representative agents that characterize all members of a given drug group, so that you can apply your understanding to related drugs that are currently available and those that will be released in the future.
Nursing implications of drug therapy
are integrated throughout to show the relationship between drug therapy and nursing care, and also recapped in
Summary of Major Nursing Implications
sections.
Special Interest Topic
boxes
examine the everyday impact of pharmacology with engaging vignettes such as
Vaping
and
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (COVID-19) Vaccine.
Safety Alerts
call out important safety concerns related to contraindications, adverse effects, and more.
Concise drug summary tables
present key information for individual drugs, including drug class, generic and trade names, dosages, routes, and indications.
Person-Centered Care Across the Life Span
tables
summarize safe and appropriate care for patients from infancy to older adulthood.
NEW! Updated drug content
includes the latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses, along with updated nursing content.
NEW
Transgender Health
chapter
covers gender-affirming hormone treatment for transgender patients.
NEW! The six cognitive skills of NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model
are integrated into the
Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
chapter and in
Summary of Major Nursing Considerations
tables.
NEW! Enhanced emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion
features updated gender-neutral language.
NEW! Updated COVID-19 content
addresses the latest vaccination information and pharmacotherapeutic implications.
NEW coverage of CBD and expanded coverage of medical marijuana
discusses the growing use of these substances.
NEW resources for the Next-Generation NCLEX
®
Examination (NGN)
are included
on the Evolve website and in the companion Study Guide.