Description
This easy-to-read outline review follows the unique two-column Straight A's format that lets students choose how they study for NCLEX® and course exams. The interior column outlines key facts for in-depth review; the exterior column lists only the most crucial points for quickest review. Other features include pretest questions at the beginning of each chapter; end-of-chapter NCLEX®-style questions; lists of top items to study before a test; Time-Out for Teaching patient-teaching points; Go with the Flow algorithms; and alerts highlighted in a second color.
A bound-in CD-ROM contains hundreds of NCLEX®-style questions—including alternate-format questions—with answers and rationales.
Features
--Unique two-column format that lets students choose how they want to study
--Key points listed in the exterior columns for easy and quick review of important information
--Alerts highlighted in second color
--Posttest questions in the current NCLEX format, including alternate-format questions
--Logos:
- "Top XX Lists" (number changes, up to 10): Top causes, interventions, and study hints that save students time and energy before an important test
- "Time-out for teaching": Timely tips that help students improve the effectiveness of their patient teaching
- "Go with the flow": Visually appealing algorithms that promote critical thinking and point students in the right direction
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NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION:
- Increased number of posttest questions (10 in each chapter)
- Pretest containing 5 questions at beginning of each chapter to help students assess strengths and weaknesses
About the Author(s)
Specs
- Edition: Second
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9781582556963
- Trim Size: 8 x 10
- Pages: 416
- Pub Date: Oct 8, 2007
- Weight: 1.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
Contributors and Consultants
Advisory Board
Foreword
How to Use This Book
1: Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology
2: Drugs and the Autonomic Nervous System
3: Drugs and the Central Nervous System
4: Drugs and Pain
5: Drugs and Mood Alteration
6: Drugs and the Musculoskeletal System
7: Drugs and the Respiratory System
8: Drugs and the Cardiovascular System
9: Drugs and the Urinary System
10: Drugs and the Hematologic System
11: Drugs and the Endocrine System
12: Drugs and the Immune System
13: Drugs and Cancer
14: Drugs and the Gastrointestinal System
15: Drugs and the Reproductive System
16: Drugs and the Integumentary System
17: Drugs and the Sensory System
18: Nutritional Agents and the Body
Appendices:
Glossary
Appendix A: Herbal Drugs
Appendix B: Commonly Abused Drugs
Selected References
Index
