Pharmacotherapeutics & Advanced Nursing Practice

This book provides advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners) with the knowledge needed for understanding and integration of pharmacology into their clincial judgement as advanced practice nurses. The emphasis is on adult care, both what to prescribe and what to monitor in ambulatory and primary care settings. Content focuses on those areas not fully covered in basic nursing literature. In addition, the book utilizes nursing-oriented case studies--both simple (selected patient data leading to selection of drug, dose, route)--and complex (complete assessments to allow the integration of nursing, medical, and pharmacological knowledge) which reinforce comprehension and sharpen clinical skills.