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Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants - Elsevier eBook

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Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Providers Laura D. Rosenthal, DNP, ACNP, FAANP Assistant Professor, College of Nursing University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, Colorado

Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum, DNSc, FNP-BC, CNE Associate Professor, College of Nursing Department of Advanced Practice and Doctoral Studies University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee

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Table of Contents Cover image Title Page Copyright Dedications Acknowledgments About the Authors Contributor and Reviewers Preface Laying Foundations in Basic Principles Reviewing Physiology and Pathophysiology Teaching Through Prototypes Large Print and Small Print: A Way to Focus on Essentials Using Clinical Reality to Prioritize Content Special Features Teaching Supplements for Instructors Ways to Use This Textbook

Unit I Introduction Chapter 1 Prescriptive Authority What Is Prescriptive Authority?

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Prescriptive Authority Regulations The Case for Full Prescriptive Authority Prescriptive Authority and Responsibility

Chapter 2 Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing The Responsibility of Prescribing Drug Selection Prescriptions Assistance

Chapter 3 Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug Therapy Medication Education Monitoring Adherence Managing Medication Therapy Summary

Unit II Basic Principles of Pharmacology Chapter 4 Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics Drug Interaction

Chapter 5 Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors Adverse Drug Reactions Medication Errors

Chapter 6 Individual Variation in Drug Responses Body Weight and Composition Age Pathophysiology Tolerance Placebo Effect

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Variability in Absorption Genetics and Pharmacogenomics Gender- and Race-Related Variations Comorbidities and Drug Interactions

Unit III Drug Therapy Across the Life Span Chapter 7 Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Drug Therapy During Pregnancy: Basic Considerations Drug Therapy During Pregnancy: Teratogenesis Drug Therapy During Breastfeeding

Chapter 8 Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients Pharmacokinetics: Neonates and Infants Pharmacokinetics: Children 1 Year and Older Adverse Drug Reactions Dosage Determination Promoting Adherence

Chapter 9 Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients Pharmacokinetic Changes in Older Adults Pharmacodynamic Changes in Older Adults Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug Interactions Promoting Adherence

Unit IV Peripheral Nervous System Drugs Chapter 10 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology How Neurons Regulate Physiologic Processes Basic Mechanisms by Which Neuropharmacologic Agents Act Multiple Receptor Types and Selectivity of Drug Action An Approach to Learning About Peripheral Nervous System Drugs

Chapter 11 Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System Divisions of the Nervous System

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