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Here’s the in-depth information you need to be a safe and effective prescriber of medications.This exceptional text builds your knowledge of pharmacology by first providing an overview of pharmacologic principles and then teaching you how to apply those principles to clinical practice. Focusing on applying pharmacologic scientific knowledge to clinical practice, it explains diagnostic and treatment reasoning and rational drug selection, while providing useful clinical pearls from experienced practitioners. The use of a Rational Drug Selection process enables you to understand how to prescribethe right drug...for the right patient...at the right time! Updated to reflect the most recent scientific knowledge and clinical practice in the field, the 3rd Edition provides the same great content from the first two editions with even more of what you need.
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Woo and Wynne (nursing, U. of Portland) supply students and nurse practitioners who prescribe medication in the primary care setting with a pharmacology text and reference. The text assumes knowledge of basic pharmacology from undergraduate nursing courses, but includes a brief review while focusing on advanced pharmacology and the role of the advanced practice nurse in pharmacotherapeutics. Nurse practitioners from the US cover the role of the nurse, education, legal and professional aspects, patient satisfaction, cultural and ethnic considerations, drug and food interactions, technology, cost issues, and over-the-counter drugs; single and multiple drugs for specific diseases; and special treatment considerations by age, gender, for pregnancy, and for those with chronic illnesses or pain. This edition has new scientific and clinical knowledge, two new chapters on herbal drug therapy and nutritional supplements and nutraceuticals, a new chapter on men as patients, content on erectile dysfunction and prostate issues, updated and expanded content on pharmacogenomics, a section on herb-drug interaction in every chapter on single drugs, and expanded pediatric coverage. Case studies are accessible online for each of the 39 disorders and systems chapters. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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