Pharmacology for Health Professionals

Pharmacology for Health Professionals, Second Edition is specifically written for students who may not directly administer drugs in their chosen health profession, but who will be involved in patient care and therefore need to understand basic pharmacological principles and practices. With this full-color text as your guide, you'll quickly learn the actions, uses, adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, and interactions of the different classes of drugs. Moreover, you'll learn to handle important patient management issues and educate patients about their medications. This Second Edition features much new material, reflecting the latest research findings and practices, as well as the most current FDA-approved drugs. In addition, new chapters cover basic math for dosage calculations and special considerations for complementary and alternative medicine. Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access, a digital-only access code, that unlocks an interactive eBook, Drug Monographs, Worksheets, Case Studies, Dosage Calculation Quizzes, Animations, and Study Aids. NEW! Key Concepts Boxes draw your attention to essential principles, offering concise, simple explanations. NEW! Lifespan Considerations Boxes alert you to circumstances under which older adults and children may be at increased risk. NEW! Fact Check Questions reinforce your ability to master new concepts as you progress through the text. Summary Drug Tables list the brand and generic drug names, with pronunciations, for each class of drug covered in the chapter. Case Studies present realistic patient scenarios followed by multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Navigate 2 Advantage Access includes an interactive eBook, Drug Monographs, Worksheets, Case Studies, Dosage Calculation Quizzes, Animations, and Study Aids. (c) 2013 582 pages