Essentials of pharmacology for nurses

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Information in the text is consistently presented throughout the text to make not only finding relevant material easy but also to navigate through the material. Still, it is not recommended that nursing students do cramming when taking pharmacology because it is dangerous since there are many medications with different sides effects if they are taken in high dosage. The book includes links to DailyMed for reference to information about medications from the National Library of.

I felt this was well organized, with understanding the basics of pharmacology and then going more into direct drugs. Other successful nurse-led projects include a national clinical network of homeless hospital discharge nurses, made possible by funding awarded by the Burdett Trust to Pathways, the UK’s leading homeless healthcare charity.The photo atlas contains over 100 unique illustrations and photographs depicting drug administration techniques. It offered information in a way that is easy to understand and allows for comprehensive learning for nursing students. Tony Guerra who wrote Memorizing Pharmacology uses this book in his podcasts and evidently his classes.

Book provides culturally appropriate examples being mindful of special considerations for ethnicities in pharmacology. The Pharmacology Matters team have a series of articles and blogs planned to celebrate awareness days and weeks throughout the year. As long as you know what you are studying, where to find information, or how to learn something new, everything will be okay; don’t ever forget that it is a lifelong process, and you will know things step by step.Monitoring medication actions is another huge part of the nurse’s job as they are in frequent contact with patients in regards to medication therapy. If the nurse is not knowledgeable about the laws around drug use they could be putting patient’s lives at risk. The placenta is not a true barrier and lets almost everything through in some level - sometimes the same blood level the mother has, so too high a level for a fetus or neonate.