
Study Guide for Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care
- 11th Edition - October 29, 2021
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum, Laura D. Rosenthal, Jennifer J. Yeager
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 9 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 9 2 - 2
Reinforce your understanding of pharmacology with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition, this study gui… Read more

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Request a sales quoteReinforce your understanding of pharmacology with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition, this study guide provides a comprehensive review of all the material included in the textbook. Case studies, critical thinking study questions, prioritization and delegation questions, and patient teaching scenarios help you apply your knowledge to patient care and patient education. With NCLEX® Examination-style review questions providing plenty of practice with nursing pharmacology, this study guide prepares you for success on the NCLEX Exam.
- Reinforcement of key information equips you for success on the NCLEX® Examination and for patient safety (a QSEN core competency) in clinical practice.
- NCLEX Examination-style questions include multiple-choice, multiple-select, and alternate-item formats, promoting learner engagement and preparing you for success on the NCLEX Exam and for safe clinical practice.
- Three-part chapter organization separates content into 1) study questions, 2) NCLEX review and application questions, and 3) dosage calculation questions.
- Prioritization and delegation questions emphasize skills related to prioritization and delegation, both of which are increasingly being tested on the NCLEX Exam, and are highlighted by special icons.
- Focus on implications of drugs and drug classes for patient care includes activities and questions that are designed for you to answer "How do the drugs work in the body?" and "How do these drug actions impact patient care?"
- Application- and analysis-level questions are highlighted by special icons, and ask you to integrate other nursing knowledge such as developmental considerations, laboratory values, and symptoms of adverse effects.
- Detailed rationales for all prioritization questions are included in the answer key and include explanations for both correct and incorrect responses.
- Answer key is included in the back of the print study guide.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Unit One: Introduction
- 1: Orientation to Pharmacology
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 2: Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 3: Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Two: Basic Principles of Pharmacology
- 4: Pharmacokinetics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 5: Pharmacodynamics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 6: Drug Interactions
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 7: Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 8: Individual Variation to Drug Responses
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 9: Genetic and Genomic Considerations
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, And Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 10: Introduction to Immunomodulators
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, And Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Three: Drug Therapy Across the Life Span
- 11: Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, And Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 12: Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 13: Drug Therapy in Older Adult Patients
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Four: Peripheral Nervous System Drugs
- 14: Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 15: Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 16: Muscarinic Agonists
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Study
- 17: Muscarinic Antagonists
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 18: Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 19: Drugs that Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Studies
- 20: Adrenergic Agonists
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 21: Adrenergic Antagonists
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 22: Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Five: Central Nervous System Drugs
- 23: Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 24: Drugs for Parkinson Disease
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 25: Drugs for Alzheimer Disease
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 26: Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 27: Drugs for Seizure Disorders
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 28: Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 29: Local Anesthetics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- 30: General Anesthetics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- 31: Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 32: Pain Management in Patients with Cancer
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Study
- 33: Drugs for Headache
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 34: Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 35: Antidepressants
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 36: Drugs for Bipolar Disorder
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 37: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 38: Management of Anxiety Disorders
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 39: Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 40: Substance Use Disorders I: Basic Considerations
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 41: Substance Use Disorders II: Alcohol
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 42: Substance Use Disorders III: Nicotine and Smoking
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 43: Substance Use Disorders IV: Major Drugs of Abuse other Than Alcohol and Nicotine
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Six: Drugs that Affect Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
- 44: Diuretics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 45: Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Studies
- Unit Seven: Drugs that Affect the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood
- 46: Review of Hemodynamics
- Study Questions
- Case Studies
- 47: Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Study
- 48: Calcium Channel Blockers
- Study Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 49: Vasodilators
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 50: Drugs for Hypertension
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 51: Drugs for Heart Failure
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 52: Antidysrhythmic Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 53: Drugs that help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 54: Drugs for Angina Pectoris
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 55: Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 56: Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Study
- 57: Drugs for Hemophilia
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 58: Drugs for Deficiency Anemias
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 59: Hematopoietic Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Eight: Drugs for Endocrine Disorders
- 60: Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 61: Drugs for Thyroid Disorders
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 62: Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 63: Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Nine: Women’s Health
- 64: Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 65: Birth Control
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 66: Drug Therapy of Infertility
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 67: Drugs that Affect Uterine Function
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Ten: Men’s Health
- 68: Androgens
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 69: Drugs for Male Sexual Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Eleven: Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergic, and Immunologic Drugs
- 70: Review of the Immune System
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- 71: Childhood Immunization
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- 72: Immunosuppressants
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 73: Antihistamines
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 74: Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 75: Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Twelve: Drugs for Bone and Joint Disorders
- 76: Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 77: Drug Therapy of Gout
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 78: Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Thirteen: Respiratory Tract Drugs
- 79: Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Critical Judgment Case Study
- 80: Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Fourteen: Gastrointestinal Drugs
- 81: Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, And Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 82: Laxatives
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 83: Other Gastrointestinal Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Fifteen: Nutrition
- 84: Vitamins
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 85: Drugs for Weight Loss
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 86: Complementary and Alternative Therapy
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Sixteen: Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases
- 87: Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- 88: Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 89: Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Other Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 90: Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, and Others
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 91: Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Studies
- 92: Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Trimethoprim
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Studies
- 93: Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Clinical Judgment Case Study
- 94: Antimycobacterial Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 95: Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 96: Antifungal Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 97: Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 98: Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 99: Drug Therapy for Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 100: Antiseptics and Disinfectants
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Seventeen: Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases
- 101: Anthelmintics
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- 102: Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 103: Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- 104: Ectoparasiticides
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- Unit Eighteen: Cancer Chemotherapy
- 105: Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation
- 106: Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 107: Anticancer Drugs II: Noncytotoxic Agents
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Question
- Case Study
- Unit Nineteen: Miscellaneous Drugs and Therapies
- 108: Drugs for the Eye
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 109: Drugs for the Skin
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- 110: Drugs for the Ear
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- Unit Twenty: Toxicology
- 111: Management of Poisoning
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Study
- 112: Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism
- Study Questions
- Critical Thinking, Prioritization, and Delegation Questions
- Dose Calculation Questions
- Case Studies
- Answer Key
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Chapter 55
- Chapter 56
- Chapter 57
- Chapter 58
- Chapter 59
- Chapter 60
- Chapter 61
- Chapter 62
- Chapter 63
- Chapter 64
- Chapter 65
- Chapter 66
- Chapter 67
- Chapter 68
- Chapter 69
- Chapter 70
- Chapter 71
- Chapter 72
- Chapter 73
- Chapter 74
- Chapter 75
- Chapter 76
- Chapter 77
- Chapter 78
- Chapter 79
- Chapter 80
- Chapter 81
- Chapter 82
- Chapter 83
- Chapter 84
- Chapter 85
- Chapter 86
- Chapter 87
- Chapter 88
- Chapter 89
- Chapter 90
- Chapter 91
- Chapter 92
- Chapter 93
- Chapter 94
- Chapter 95
- Chapter 96
- Chapter 97
- Chapter 98
- Chapter 99
- Chapter 100
- Chapter 101
- Chapter 102
- Chapter 103
- Chapter 104
- Chapter 105
- Chapter 106
- Chapter 107
- Chapter 108
- Chapter 109
- Chapter 110
- Chapter 111
- Chapter 112
- Edition: 11
- Published: October 29, 2021
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323829915
- eBook ISBN: 9780323829922
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Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum
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Laura D. Rosenthal
Assistant Dean for DNP Programs, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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