Nursing pharmacology is a class that nurses are required to take before they receive their licenses. The course teaches nurses how various drugs interact in a patient's body and allows these professionals to administer drugs and educate patients on their medications. Nurses can gain an understanding of the medications that they must use on their patients as they are healing. They can use their knowledge to discuss side effects that certain drugs have and make suggestions on how patients can minimize them. Nurses also learn about the toxicity of drugs and may suggest adjustments when drugs are causing a negative reaction in patients.

Nursing pharmacology is a class that nurses are required to take before they receive their licenses. The course teaches nurses how various drugs interact in a patient's body and allows these professionals to administer drugs and educate patients on their medications. Nurses can gain an understanding of the medications that they must use on their patients as they are healing. They can use their knowledge to discuss side effects that certain drugs have and make suggestions on how patients can minimize them. Nurses also learn about the toxicity of drugs and may suggest adjustments when drugs are causing a negative reaction in patients.

The most streamlined, portable, and easy-to-use drug guide to help you pass the NCLEX-RN! This pocket-sized review for prospective nurses gives you the focused, key information you need to know about medications commonly seen on the test. Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Drug Guide includes: Generic names, brand names, phonetic pronunciations, and drug families for 300 frequently tested medications Concise nursing considerations and must-know side effects for each medication NEW! Expert guidance for studying drugs effectively Pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule for every drug Common medical abbreviations you'll use on the job Abbreviations to avoid when recording medication orders Terms are grouped by medication category, and each page features two terms with the complete explanations. With Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Drug Guide, you know you are getting the most up-to-date, expert information available to prepare for the exam!

Pharmacology is the scientific study of how drugs interact in the human body. It is an important field of study for individuals because it teaches pharmacologists how certain medications will affect its users. Pharmacologists can use this information to decide whether there is a level of toxicity for patients who are coming into the pharmacy to fill a prescription. If it is possible that a medication can cause problems in users, based on other prescriptions that they are taking or their health, they will make suggestions on safe alternatives. Pharmacologists use the field of pharmacology to make decisions on the usefulness and effectiveness of drugs.

Pharmacology is a notoriously difficult subject, particularly in nursing school where students must speed through the entire subject in just one semester. Despite the lack of time spent on the subject, the importance of pharmacology cannot be overstated. As we all know, medication errors can kill. What makes pharmacology such a difficult subject? The sheer volume of information and lack of readily apparent connections. Shortly after initial exposure to pharmacology, students enter survival mode¿ which means they do their best to ascertain what will be on the exam and then focus all of their time and energy on memorizing that information. This is a mediocre short-term strategy and a horrible long-term strategy. Heckman's Nursing Pharmacology Simplified is here to help. Rather than overwhelm you with seemingly random lists of facts and acronyms, we carefully select key information and present it in a way that is logical and easy to digest. We emphasize core themes and focus on helping you make lasting connections. To ensure brevity and clarity, we tackle pharmacology one drug class at a time and limit the information to one page per drug class. The result is an extraordinarily high-impact pharmacology review. Written by a pharmacist to help nurses. It's nursing pharmacology SIMPLIFIED.

"Truly pocket-sized and light, Kaplan's NCLEX Medication Review provides a concise, portable review of 300 medications frequently prescribed in clinical practice. This slim volume reviews only the medications and key details that are most likely to be tested--ideal for the home stretch of exam prep, when exam candidates can't afford to be overwhelmed. Streamlined Review Flashcard-style pages with more than 300 frequently prescribed drugs grouped by medication category & subcategory Expertly revised and up-to-date content, with nursing considerations, adverse effects, and purpose for each drug REORGANIZED to combine related therapies and facilitate learning of meds with similar profiles NEW sections: anesthetics and herbals (now tested on the NCLEX) NEW features: important alternate uses of medications, black box warnings Appendix of medical abbreviations for quick reference Alphabetical index of medications by generic name for quick page reference Convenient phonetic pronunciation keys Expert Guidance Simple, powerful tips for retaining medication content Reviewed and updated by Kaplan's team of expert nursing faculty and pharmacology specialists. We invented test prep--Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams." --Amazon.ca.

Here’s the must-have knowledge and guidance you need to gain a solid understanding of pharmacology and the safe administration of medications in one text. A body systems approach to pharmacology with a basic math review and a focus on drug classifications prepare you for administering specific drugs in the clinical setting.

Covering the essential concepts in pharmacology for nursing care, this edition features questions, exercises and case studies to help students develop skills and apply the material they've learned to hypothetical situations. The software accompanying the book provides a database of the 200 most currently used drugs, from which students can customize drug cards.

A revision of the popular Mosby's Rapid Review Series, this book provides essential, need-to-know material for both course study and NCLEX-RN® test preparation. This series helps students prepare for both course tests and board exams by including review questions and answers at the conclusion of every chapter and a comprehensive exam at the end of every book in the series, all in the standard NCLEX format. A free CD-ROM with 150 NCLEX format questions is packaged with each title in the series. A Volume in the Rollant Nursing Review Series (Includes FREE CD-ROM)

New edition of the number one nursing drug guide in the educational market.