This is a concise, easy-to-read prescribing reference for advanced health care providers involved in the primary care management of patients with acute, episodic, and chronic health problems. Organized alphabetically by clinical diagnosis for quick access in all clinical settings, the guide encompasses CDC- and FDA-approved pharmacotherapy regimens for more than 500 clinical diagnoses along with clinically useful information.
This prescribing guide, organized uniquely by diagnosis, facilitates speedy drug information retrieval for advanced health care providers in all settings involved in the primary care management of newborns through adolescents. Delivered in a concise, easy-to-read format, the guide encompasses pharmacotherapy regimens for more than 450 clinical diagnoses and includes cross-referenced generic and trade names for ease of use. Key clinical information, including lab values to monitor, patient education points, and safety information for parents and caregivers is highlighted throughout.
Participants: Kathy ( Bonnie's sister), Linda Husar (social worker)
Summary: Bonnie's sister Kathy describes how having a sister with schizophrenia affected her life. She talks with Linda Husar, M.S.W., a social worker who also has a mentally ill sibling. Among the topics: how the illness affected Kathy's career, marriage, and decision to have children; trying to be perfect; guilt; being afraid but not talking about it; thinking about the future.
Participants: Bonnie, Andrea Blodgett (social worker)
Summary: Bonnie talks with social worker Andrea Blodgett about the experience of having schizophrenia and what she has learned about coping with this illness. The discussions include the reality of the voices, the need to trust people, checking on one's own perceptions, and accepting the illness as part of recovery. Bonnie, her parents, and Andrea discuss the role of medications, and they try to answer the question, "How much can one expect?" Finally, they explore the nature of recovery and the importance of not giving up hope
Provides information on the signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of more than one thousand diseases and disorders; and includes drug treatment tables, color plates, NAEPP asthma guidelines, and other resources.
Provides information on the signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of more than one thousand diseases and disorders; and includes drug treatment tables, color plates, NAEPP asthma guidelines, and other resources.
This accessible book follows on from Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses by looking at the next logical set of drugs that nurses need to know such as cancer drugs, cardiovascular drugs and vaccines.