Mosby's Pharmacology Patient Teaching Guides

With shorter hospital stays, growth of outpatient care, and increased emphasis on health promotion, patient teaching is a significant component in health care today. MOSBY'S PHARMACOLOGY PATIENT TEACHING GUIDES offers the health care provider an inexpensive source of approximately 160 patient teaching tools. The manual consists of instruction sheets for 140 individual drugs as well as guides for drug administration methods, health promotion and drug safety that can be copied and given to patients and their families. It also includes general information on patient education. For those who prefer multimedia, the guides are also available on CD-ROM.

* Provides affordable, easy access to up-to-date patient teaching guides which can be copied and distributed to patients as appropriate. * Includes approximately 140 guides for the 200 most commonly prescribed drugs, giving the health care provider easy access to patient education information for many common drugs. * Includes illustrated guides on medication administration methods, assisting the health care provider to more effectively teach medication administration. * Contains guides on health promotion and safety topics, to help educate patients on issues related to safe medication use, such as medication safety with children and the elderly, immunization schedules, safe use of over-the-counter medications, flu shot guidelines, and other safety issues. * Describes effective education techniques and strategies to increase the health care provider's effectiveness in providing patient education. * Includes sample medication records that may be copied for patients to assist them in effectively managing their medications. * Available in a 3-ring binder, to facilitate copying of the guides for distribution to patients. * Written at the eighth grade level to increase understanding for patients with low literacy skills. * Follows a consistent, patient-oriented format for each drug, including the drug's uses, how to take the drug, warnings and side effects, do's and don'ts while taking the drug, and other relevant information. * Uses icons to highlight sections of each guide to facilitate finding relevant information and enhance visual appeal. * Includes annual updates of approximately 20 to 25 new drugs, as well as revised guides for existing drugs, to ensure that current drug information is always available. * Available as .pdf files on CD-ROM, allowing the health care provider to individualize guides for patients prior to printing by adding the patient's name and drug dosage, provider's name and telephone number, and any necessary additional instructions.