TY - BOOK AU - Spencer, Roberta Todd. AU - Nichols, Lynn Wemett. AU - Lipkin, Gladys B. AU - Henderson, Helen Sabo. AU - West, Fances M. TI - Clinical pharmacology and nursing management SN - 0397549350 PY - 1993/// CY - Philadelphia PB - J,B Lippincott Company KW - Pharmacology KW - Clinical - nurse instruction N1 - Includes index N2 - rovides students with a complete, nursing-focused and highly visual presentation of pharmacology in an easy-to-understand format. Systematically explains specific disease pathologies and related drug therapies. Groups of drugs are organized by body system with nursing management consistently presented for each group, using the nursing process format. The nurse's role in drug therapy is further defined and reinforced through ample use of Examples of Nursing Process and Checklists of Nursing Actions. Client education is stressed. Includes thorough coverage of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; drug preparations; food/drug interactions; psychological and cultural aspects of drug therapy and more. The new Focus On Feature uses the prototype approach to demonstrate important similarities and differences among drugs within a drug class. Plentiful pedagogical features and a separate Student Work Manual provide a full package of learning aids ER -