Pharmacotherapeutics: A Nursing Process Approach

-- A new "mini-index" lists all drug classifications referenced to specific pages-- NCLEX-style questions added at the end of each chapter-- "Clinical Alerts" identify significant warnings or cautions related to a drug class or an individual drug-- "Building Your Critical Thinking Skills" boxes help strengthen critical skills through patient scenarios-- "Delivering Home Health Care" boxes include drug administration guidelines or special considerations for home health care-- New chapters on Ethnic/Cultural Considerations for Drug Therapy and Pharmacotherapeutics and Principles of Psychobiology-- Addition of drugs for Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis-- Integration of the nursing process with the pharmacologic content and overviews of anatomy and physiology-- Coverage of drug therapy through the life span, with updated material on neonate, pediatric, obstetric, and geriatric patients-- Redesigned and condensed drug tables provide drug action and use information; the nursing implications column is subdivided into assessment, intervention, and evaluation-- The nursing process tables/plans of care include assessment parameters, NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses using the latest terminology, nursing actions with rationales, and desired patient outcome/evaluation criteria-- Chapter outline, key term list, learning objectives, and multiple-choice questions in each chapter; review questions focus on critical thinking and synthesis of material; answers and rationales are supplied in the appendix-- Comprehensive index identifies generic drug names in second color and drug classifications in boldface type