Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants - E-Book: Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants - E-Book

by RN Rosenthal DNP, FNP-BC Burchum DNSc

Overview

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Advanced Practice**Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, Third Edition builds on the same foundation of clearly explained, up-to-date, and clinically current content as Lehne's trusted undergraduate text, while focusing on the information that advanced practice nurses and Physician Assistants specifically need for safe and effective prescribing. Introductory chapters provide foundational content in the areas of prescriptive authority, rational drug selection, prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy. Core drug chapters focus on the drugs that you will most commonly see in clinical practice. Pharmacotherapeutic decision-making is emphasized, with Black Box Warnings and new Drug Decision Guide boxes. This edition features completely updated content with new chapters on drugs for sexual dysfunction and drugs for transgender health. It's everything you need to be a safe and effective prescriber!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323936798
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/16/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	936
File size:	64 MB
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About the Author

Assistant Dean for DNP Programs, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USAAssociate Professor Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum works at the College of Nursing, Department of Advanced Practice and Doctoral Studies, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Table of Contents

UNIT I Introduction1. Prescriptive Authority2. Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing3. Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug TherapyUNIT II Basic Principles of Pharmacology4. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions5. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors6. Individual Variation in Drug Responses7. Genetic and Genomic Considerations in PharmacotherapeuticsUNIT III Drug Therapy Across the Life Span8. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding9. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients10. Drug Therapy in Geriatric PatientsUNIT IV Peripheral Nervous System Drugs11. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology12. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System13. Muscarinic Agonists and Cholinesterase Inhibitors14. Muscarinic Antagonists15. Adrenergic Agonists16. Adrenergic Antagonists17. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic AgentsUNIT V Central Nervous System Drugs18. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology19. Drugs for Parkinson Disease20. Drugs for Alzheimer Disease21. Drugs for Seizure Disorders22. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and SpasticityUNIT VI Drugs for Pain23. Local Anesthetics24. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics25. Drugs for HeadacheUNIT VII Psychotherapeutic Drugs26. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia27. Antidepressants28. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder29. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs30. Management of Anxiety Disorders31. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderUNIT VIII Substance Use Disorders32. Substance Use Disorders I: Basic Considerations33. Substance Use Disorders II: Alcohol34. Substance Use Disorders III: Nicotine and Smoking35. Substance Use Disorders IV: Major Drugs of Misuse Other Than Alcohol and NicotineUNIT IX Drugs That Affect the Heart, Blood Vessels, Blood, and Blood Volume36. Review of Hemodynamics37. Diuretics38. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System39. Calcium Channel Blockers40. Vasodilators41. Drugs for Hypertension42. Drugs for Heart Failure43. Antidysrhythmic Drugs44. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels45. Drugs for Angina Pectoris46. Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs47. Drugs for Deficiency AnemiasUNIT X Drugs for Endocrine Disorders48. Drugs for Diabetes49. Drugs for Thyroid DisordersUNIT XI Reproductive Health50. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications51. Birth Control52. Androgens53. Drugs for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia54. Drugs for Sexual Dysfunction55. Transgender HealthUNIT XII Antiinflammatory, Antiallergic, and Immunologic Drugs56. Review of the Immune System57. Childhood Immunization58. Antihistamines59. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, and Acetaminophen60. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine DisordersUNIT XIII Drugs for Bone and Joint Disorders61. Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis62. Drug Therapy for Gout63. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone MineralizationUNIT XIV Respiratory Tract Drugs64. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease65. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and ColdsUNIT XV Gastrointestinal Drugs66. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease67. Laxatives68. Other Gastrointestinal DrugsUNIT XVI Nutrition and Complementary Therapies69. Vitamins70. Drugs for Obesity71. Complementary and Alternative TherapyUNIT XVII Therapy for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases72. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy73. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins74. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Other Drugs75. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis76. Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis77. Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Trimethoprim78. Drug Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections79. Drug Therapy for Tuberculosis80. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs81. Antifungal Agents82. Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections83.