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STUDENT RESOURCES

• Animations (ArchieMD animations)
• Answer Key - Textbook Case Studies
• Answer Key - Critical Thinking and Prioritization Questions
• Bibliography
• Clinical Reference - IV Therapy Safety Checklists (5 printable checklists)
• Clinical Reference - Medication Safety Checklists (9 printable checklists)
• Content Updates
• Critical Thinking and Prioritization Questions
• Key Points - Downloadable
• Unfolding Case Studies
• Review Questions - Preparation for NCLEX® Examination (Approximately 580 NCLEX-format questions)

• Focus on need-to-know information provides the most essential drug information for safe, effective clinical practice.
• Focus on the nursing process and prioritization helps you apply the nursing process to all aspects of drug therapy, from assessment to nursing diagnoses, interventions, and evaluation/outcome criteria.
• UNIQUE! Illustrated Study Skills Tips include practical advice on time management, note taking, study techniques, and test-taking strategies.
• Special boxes and tables highlight evidence-based practice, dosages, pharmacokinetics, laboratory values related to drug therapy, preventing medication errors, cultural implications, lifespan considerations, herbal therapies, and legal and ethical principles.
• Nearly 300 full-color illustrations and the Photo Atlas of Drug Administration show how drugs work in the body and depict key steps in drug administration by various routes.
• NCLEX^® Examination-style review questions are included in every chapter, with at least one alternate-format item per chapter and more than 40 new dosage calculation questions.
• Drug profiles highlight the pharmacokinetics and unique variations of commonly used drugs.
• Case studies promote clinical reasoning skills related to nursing pharmacology.
• Patient Teaching Tips include key points to convey to patients, their families, and their caregivers.
  
  

• Focus on need-to-know content uses a streamlined approach to drug indications and emphasizes only the most common or serious adverse effects rather than all reported adverse effects, listing them in order of those most commonly seen.
• Focus on prioritization includes prioritized nursing diagnoses along with corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes, helping you connect nursing diagnoses to goals and outcomes.
• UNIQUE! QSEN focus highlights those aspects of the book that correlate with the QSEN competencies for patient safety and quality nursing care.
• Clear, direct-address writing style promotes learning of pharmacology content.
• NEW drugs and NEW treatment guidelines help you ensure that your clinical practice is consistent with the latest evidence-based guidelines, including the latest FDA drug approvals, drug withdrawals, therapeutic uses, and warnings/precautions.
• NEW and UPDATED illustrations clarify drug administration and pharmacological processes for easier understanding.
• Student resources on an Evolve companion website include new Unfolding Case Studies and additional opportunities for active learning.