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Core Concepts in Pharmacology, 2/E
Norman Holland, Ph.D., Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida
Michael Adams, Indiana University

ISBN-10: 0131714732
ISBN-13: 9780131714731

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 592 pp
Published: 04/14/2006

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This text introduces pharmacology to LPN students. Using a disease approach, it draws upon core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and pathology to make drug therapy understandable to students.

Objectives

  • Objectives provide the student with a listing of knowledge they can expect to have upon completion of the chapter. 

Disease and Body System Approach

  • The organization by body systems and diseases clearly places the drugs in context with how they are used therapeutically.
  • The student is able to easily locate all relevant anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology in the same chapter in which the drugs are discussed.

Core Concepts

  • Through the use of numbered Core Concepts, the student is able to quickly identify key ideas.
  • These core concepts are stated at the beginning of each chapter, so that the student can get an overview of what is to be learned.

Nursing Focus—NEW

  • This edition provides focused nursing content, allowing students to quickly find the content that is essential for them to know for safe, effective drug therapy.
  • Nursing Process Focus flowcharts provide a succinct, easy-to-read view of the most important nursing actions for the commonly prescribed drug classes.
  • Need-to-know nursing actions are presented in a format that reflects the “flow” of the Nursing Process: nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning, interventions, patient education and discharge planning, and evaluation.
  • Rationales for interventions are included in parentheses.
  • A Nursing Process Focus for every profile drug can be found on the Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/holland) 

Drug Snapshot—NEW

  • This feature provides an at-a-glance list of the drug classes and drug profiles that are covered in each chapter 

Drug Profiles

  • To facilitate learning, a prototype approach is used in which the one or two most representative drugs in each classification are introduced in detail.
  • Drug Profile boxes are used to clearly indicate these important medications. In this edition, content has been expanded to include drug-drug and herb-drug Interactions.

Cross-Referencing

  • Cross-reference icons refer the student to content in other chapters.
  • This helps to facilitate understanding that one drug may be prescribed for several different conditions.

 

Drug Tables

  • Drug tables provide the most important information for each drug in a user-friendly format.
  • Drugs that are profiled within that chapter are also identified with a Profile icon.

Lifespan Content—NEW

  • Lifespan Facts provide important pediatric and geriatric considerations for drug therapy. 
  • Their placement in the margins draws special attention to this important topic.

Mechanism in Action

  • Mechanism in Action features use computer animations to clearly demonstrate drug action.
  • A colorful graphic of the animation is included in many of the Drug Profile boxes, as well as a description of the drug action.

Patient Teaching

  • To help the student achieve the ability to communicate pharmacology, each drug chapter contains concise Patients Need to Know boxes that apply fundamental patient care principles to pharmacology.

Natural Alternatives

  • Natural Alternatives features present a popular herbal or dietary supplement that may be considered along with conventional drugs.

FastFacts

  • The FastFacts feature puts the disease in a social and economic perspective.

Concept Reviews

  • Concept Reviews are questions placed strategically throughout the chapter to stimulate student comprehension and retention.  

Word Roots

  • Word roots are included in the margins to help the student identify prefixes and suffixes essential to medical word-building.
  • Since pronunciation of medical terms is often difficult, a phonetic pronunciation is provided for difficult terms.
  • Phonetic pronunciations for generic drugs are provided in the index.

 

Core Concept Summary

  • Core Concept Summaries are repeated at the end of the chapter, with a brief summary of the important concepts.

 

Key Terms

  • Key Terms with phonetic pronunciations and definitions, with the page number on which the first reference to the word can be found. 
  • Key terms are also placed in boldface type throughout the text.

Review Questions—NEW

  • NCLEX-PN®-style questions provide content preview/review, as well as invaluable practice for taking the test.

Case Study Questions—NEW

  • Case Study Questions help the student apply pharmacology to patient care.

 

Further Study—NEW

  • Further Study provides references to related chapters to broaden understanding

MediaLink

  • MediaLink is included at the beginning and end of each chapter.
  • This feature guides the student to resources, interactive exercises, and animations for that chapter on the Student CD-ROM and Companion Website. MediaLink serves as a gateway to additional learning. 

  • A nursing focus: Forty-five Nursing Process Focus flowcharts provide a succinct, easy-to-read view of the most commonly prescribed drug classes. A Nursing Process Focus for every profile drug can be found on the Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/holland).
  • Increased coverage of bioterrorism and poisoning.
  • Enteral and parenteral nutrition content has been added to Ch. 27.
  • Patient teaching has been strengthened in new Patients Need to Know boxes that appear in each drug chapter.
  • A reorganized, enhanced end-of-chapter review section, with new NCLEX-PN® style review questions, Case Study Questions, Further Study, and placement of Key Terms for better content retention.
  • Life Span Facts provide important pediatric and geriatric considerations for drug therapy.

Unit I - Basic Concepts in Pharmacology

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Pharmacology; Drug Regulation and Approval

Chapter 2 - Drug Classes, Schedules and Categories

Chapter 3 - Methods of Drug Administration

Chapter 4 - What Happens After a Drug Has Been Administered

Chapter 5 — Herbs and Dietary Supplements

Chapter 6 - Substance Abuse

 

Unit II — The Nervous System

Chapter 7 — Drugs Affecting Functions of the Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 8 - Drugs for Anxiety and Insomnia

Chapter 9 - Drugs for Emotional and Mood Disorders

Chapter 10 - Drugs for Psychoses and Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System

Chapter 11 - Drugs for Seizures

Chapter 12 - Drugs for Pain Control

Chapter 13 — Drugs for Anesthesia

 

Unit III — The Cardiovascular System

Chapter 14 - Drugs for Coagulation Disorders

Chapter 15 — Drugs for Hypertension

Chapter 16 - Drugs for Heart Failure

Chapter 17 — Drugs for Dysrhythmias

Chapter 18 - Drugs for Angina Pectoris, Myocardial Infarction, and Cerebrovascular Accident

Chapter 19 - Drugs for Shock and Anaphylaxis

Chapter 20 — Drugs for Lipid Disorders

 

Unit IV — The Immune System

Chapter 21 - Drugs for Inflammation, Allergies, and Immune Disorders

Chapter 22 - Drugs for Bacterial Infections

Chapter 23 - Drugs for Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Infections

Chapter 24 — Drugs for Neoplasia

 

Unit V — The Respiratory, Digestive, and Renal Systems

Chapter 25 - Drugs for Pulmonary Disorders

Chapter 26 - Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders

Chapter 27 — Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutritional Supplements

Chapter 28 - Drugs for Fluid, Acid-Base, and Electrolyte Disorders

 

Unit VI — The Endocrine and Reproductive Systems

Chapter 29 - Drugs for Endocrine Disorders

Chapter 30 — Drugs for Disorders and Conditions of the Reproductive System

 

Unit VII — The Musculoskeletal System, Integumentary System, and Eyes and Ears

Chapter 31 - Drugs for Muscle, Bone, and Joint Disorders

Chapter 32 — Drugs for Skin Disorders

Chapter 33 — Drugs for Eye and Ear Disorders

 

Appendix A: References

 

Appendix B: Answers to NCLEX-PNÔ and Case Study Questions

 

Appendix C: Top 200 Drugs

 

Index

Leland Norman Holland, Jr., Ph.D. (Norm) is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL.  Formerly, he was the Chair in the Division for Health, Mathematics and Science at Pasco-Hernando Community College. He has been actively involved in teaching and preparing students for various health professions including nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy. He comes to the teaching profession after spending several years doing basic science research at the VA Hospital in Augusta, Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia where he received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology. He has taught pharmacology over the course of 10 years at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is very much dedicated to the success of students and has assisted many in their pursuits to earn healthcare degrees.    

 

Michael Patrick Adams, PhD., R.T.(R) is the Associate Dean for Health, Mathematics and Science at Pasco-Hernando Community College. He is an accomplished educator, author and national speaker. The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in Austin, TX named Dr. Adams a Master Teacher. He has been registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists for over 30 years. Dr. Adams obtained his Masters degree in Pharmacology from Michigan State University and his Doctorate in Education at the University of South Florida.

 

 

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