Introductory Clinical Pharmacology

This edition provides a concise introduction to pharmacology. Designed for the beginning nursing student, the text focuses on basic pharmacology principles and on the nurse's responsibility in drug administration. The book is organized by body system and discusses pharmacological properties and therapeutic applications of drugs as class or group. Summary drug tables present generic and trade names, uses, adverse reactions and usual dosage. Features new to this edition include: chapter outlines, key terms, nursing management sections, nursing alerts, expanded patient and family teaching points, bulleted chapter summaries, critical thinking exercises and an expanded glossary.