The Eighth Edition of Introductory Clinical Pharmacology offers LPN/LVN students a clear, concise introduction to pharmacology, focusing on basic principles and the nurse's responsibility in drug administration. Organized by body system, the book examines pharmacologic properties and therapeutic applications of drug classes. Summary Drug Tables present generic and trade drug names, uses, adverse reactions, and usual dosage ranges. This edition has thoroughly updated drug information, pediatric alerts, patient safety alerts, chronic care alerts, and additional material on the nursing process.

The enhanced ancillary package includes a free bound-in student CD-ROM, an Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, lesson plans, and a test generator.

Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, 2008 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 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 25 rapid-reference appendices appropriate for practicing nurses.

This edition includes over twenty recently approved drugs. To further ensure safe drug administration, FDA black box warnings and dangerous abbreviations to avoid are included.

A bound-in CD-ROM contains 200 drug monographs and patient-teaching aids. Updates and continuing education tests are on NursingDrugGuide.com.

2008 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide for PDA will be available in October 2007.

In its updated Fourth Edition, Focus on Nursing Pharmacology presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book explains the rationale for each drug class's therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects.

Each chapter opens with learning objectives and ends with NCLEX®-style and other questions. Illustrations, tables, side bars, and boxes summarize concepts and focus attention on critical thinking, patient safety, evidence-based practice, lifespan issues, patient teaching, and case study-based critical thinking exercises.

A bound-in CD-ROM contains over 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a video on medication administration, NCLEX®-style questions, and additional learning tools.

Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, 2008 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide 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 25 rapid-reference appendices appropriate for practicing nurses.

This edition includes over twenty recently approved drugs. To further ensure safe drug administration, FDA black box warnings and dangerous abbreviations to avoid are included.

A bound-in CD-ROM contains 200 drug monographs and patient-teaching aids. Updates and continuing education tests are on NursingDrugGuide.com.

2008 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide for PDA will be available in October 2007.

Now in its Second Edition, this textbook will prepare students to work as nursing assistants in nursing homes, hospitals, and home health, and will provide a firm foundation for advancement to an LPN and ultimately an RN role. The book is written in a direct, conversational writing style with an engaging art program and an emphasis on professionalism and humanism.

This edition is significantly updated and has new photographs and illustrations. The presentation in this edition is also more consistent with Lippincott's Video Series for Nursing Assistants.

A front-of-book CD-ROM includes an audio glossary.

The dual-layer Student DVD packaged with the text shows complete demonstrations of more than 30 key nursing assisting skills and procedures. In addition to teaching step-by-step technical skills—and in keeping with the focus of the text—the videos promote qualities such as compassion and empathy, and demonstrate non-technical skills such as respecting the individual, caring for people with dementia, coping with death and dying, and entry into the workforce. The dual-layer DVD will play on a computer or a DVD player, and will allow students to review key skills at their leisure.

An audiobook version of the entire text in MP3 format is available as a separate purchase. See CD-ROM listing for details.

Advanced Surgical Recall, Third Edition is a quick review for the ABSITE and oral board exams in surgery. The book is written in rapid-fire question-and-answer format and contains detailed illustrations of anatomic landmarks and surgical techniques.

This edition has seven new Microvignettes chapters that test recall via sample cases. These Microvignettes chapters include Clinical, Surgical Pathognomonic, Complications, Blood, Surgical Laboratory, Medical Treatment of Surgical Diagnoses, and Eponyms. Other new chapters include Advanced Procedures, Cell Biology and Cytokines, Wounds, Drains and Tubes, Surgical Respiratory Care, Renal Facts, Surgery by the Numbers and Surgical Formulae, Hand Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diagnostic Surgical Stimulation and Radiographic Tests, and Power Review of Surgical Physiology.

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