Essentials of pharmacology for nurses

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This open access Nursing Pharmacology textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed, which provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. About the Contributors Author UK nursing charities, including the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Foundation, the Florence Nightingale Foundation and The Burdett Trust for Nursing, provide opportunities for leadership development and funding for innovative nurse-led projects aimed at enhancing patient care. Funded projects through the RCN foundation has led to initiatives to improve the support available to patients, particularly for those who face health inequalities. A new COVID-19 Support Fund has recently been announced by the RCN Foundation to support the nursing community during this challenging period. Other successful nurse-led projects include a national clinical network of homeless hospital discharge nurses, made possible by funding awarded by the Burdett Trust to Pathways, the UK’s leading homeless healthcare charity. COVID-19 presents a significant risk to the homeless, therefore the provision of nursing care to this community is a critical lifeline. It is essential that nurses and midwifes receive every support to protect themselves and continue to deliver care to the most vulnerable in our society. Brainscape helps you realize your greatest personal and professional ambitions through strong habits and hyper-efficient studying.

Crisp, J. , & Taylor. C. (2011). Potter and Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing (7 ed. ). NSW, Australia: Elsevier Inc. This text book gives a good overall comprehensive review of pharmacology from the perspective of how it affects each system in the body. Along with inclusion on pharmacokinetics, dynamics, and legal/ethical considerations each chapter is broken down into basic overview of the body systems and the pertinent medications for that area. Included are alternate learning activities such as flash cards, mini quizzes, videos, and graphics. The text is easily divided into smaller reading sections that can be assigned at different points within the course. The text is not overly self-referential and can be easily reorganized and realigned with various subunits of a course without presenting much disruption to the reader. The book has a section dedicated to cultural and social determinates related to medication administration and provides specific examples. The book also provides links to additional resources for the reader to learn more about cultural considerations.

The layout of the textbook and the chapters is systematic for the learner. I like the strategic design for my style of teaching. I did not find the book to be culturally insensitive. I did not find very much regarding culture specifically in the sections which I reviewed. Reviewed by Jennifer Morehart, Nursing Faculty Lead ~ Clinical Coordinator, Northwest Technical College on 3/1/23 This textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students as a basic comprehensive pharmacology textbook. The book includes links to DailyMed for reference to information about medications from the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health. Each chapter starts with learning objectives. Quizzes are found in each chapter with the answers and rationales provided at the end of the text. Critical thinking activities and interactive activities are included. A glossary is found at the end of each chapter. The source is comprehensive for an introductory nursing pharmacology text.

Many students wonder how to make things easier for them to study pharmacology. Nursing students need to know what material is necessary and what is not because it will save their time and energy in studying unnecessary and unimportant materials to be learned. Try to Memorize Every Single Drug Name and Its Side Effects Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP): ISMP's List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations Such an understanding offers insight into how the effects of drugs might be experienced by the patient, and also the extent to which undesirable effects may be produced (Table 2).There is no need for nursing students to study everything on their own; they can always seek help from other sources – professors, classmates, or even friends – who have the same class with you so that you guys could share ideas and concepts about what was discussed during lecture, instead of going to school/classrooms and listening to unnecessary things again. Don’t Be Too Hard on Yourself CENTER FOR OPEN EDUCATION | The Open Education Network is based in the Center for Open Education in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. Topics and sub-topics in the text are present in a uniform manner throughout the book. With in the sub-topics you can also consistently find medication considerations throughout the lifespan. When it comes to memorizing drug pre-fixes and names, their side effects, students need to know about every individual drug. Students need to prioritize learning drugs essential to learning compared to those unrelated to the nursing profession. Certain medications need only high school basic knowledge of taking care of patients to take the information. Cramming The book is comprehensive throughout. The glossary and index make it easy to find subject matter. Most of the general material that I typically cover in my pharmacology course is covered within this textbook, though some specifics are missing (i.e. Types of oral medications and definitions of different portions of the formulary or more examples of different drug types)