Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Children’s Nurses

<p>Registered Nurses must have thorough knowledge of pharmacology, medicines administration, and the effects of medicines.&nbsp;<i>Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Children’s Nurses</i>&nbsp;is&nbsp;written&nbsp;for&nbsp;nurses and allied health professionals&nbsp;involved in the care of children and young people (CYP) to focus exclusively on&nbsp;pharmacology. Filling a gap in current literature on the subject, this much-needed resource&nbsp;develops&nbsp;the&nbsp;competence and confidence&nbsp;required to&nbsp;prescribe, dispense, and&nbsp;administer medicines&nbsp;to&nbsp;children and young people.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Emphasising&nbsp;the&nbsp;importance of patient-centered&nbsp;care to&nbsp;CYP, the text&nbsp;describes the role of the healthcare provider working with CYP and&nbsp;their&nbsp;families;&nbsp;explains how to use pharmaceutical and prescribing reference guides;&nbsp;discusses legal and ethical issues;&nbsp;examines pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, and more.&nbsp;Helping readers&nbsp;respond appropriately and compassionately to the needs of those receiving care and their families, this textbook:&nbsp;</p> <ul style=”margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: medium; margin-top: 0in; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;” type=”disc”> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Covers a wide range of medications used in diabetes, cancer, mental health, and other&nbsp;areas&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Features&nbsp;a wealth of full-colour&nbsp;images and&nbsp;numerous pedagogical tools&nbsp;including learning objectives, self-test questions,&nbsp;and&nbsp;reflective exercises&nbsp;to enable readers to&nbsp;contextualise&nbsp;and assess their knowledge&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Presents case studies to reinforce learning,&nbsp;and illustrate the application of theory to practice&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Provides&nbsp;authoritative and practical guidance on formulations, adverse drug reactions, analgesics, antibiotics,&nbsp;immunisations, and the medications most commonly used when providing&nbsp;care to&nbsp;CYP&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Includes access to a companion website with interactive MCQs, case studies, references, an image bank, and links to further reading and supplemental resources&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Children’s Nurses&nbsp;</i>is essential reading for undergraduate children&rsquo;s nursing&nbsp;students, trainee nursing associates, those undertaking healthcare&nbsp;programmes&nbsp;of study, as well as those seeking to better understand pharmacology.&nbsp;</p>