Publisher's Synopsis
A popular core nursing pharmacology textbook, Clinical Drug Therapy provides unique coverage of nurisng interventions for drug therapy with related rationales. Highly praised for its organized and readable presentaion, the text emplains the why behind each nursing action and emphasizes how drugs work differently in different patients. New to the Eighth Edition are case studies integrated into each chapter with case-based questions that foster critical thinking. New Research Briefs summarize current research and its nursing implications. A new chapter covers drugs for obesity, and all nutrition products have been consolidated into one chapter. New NCLEX-style questions appear at the end of each drug chapter. Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 2007 provides quick access to current, comprehensive, vital drug information. It contains over 800 complete drug monographs, organized alphabetically, plus a full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and 24 rapid-reference appendices appropriate for practicing nurses. This edition includes eleven new monographs on recently approved drugs. New appendices cover dialyzable drugs and treatments for biological and chemical weapons exposure.
