Drug Therapy in Nursing

by Diane S. Aschenbrenner RN, Leah Wilder Cleveland, Samantha J. Venable

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Textbook presents a nursing-focused framework to support the teaching and learning of nursing pharmacology. Features concept maps, physiology figures, memory chips, community-based concerns, critical thinking scenarios, drug summary tables, and drug interaction tables. Colorful format. Drug Therapy--Nurses' Instruction.

1210 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2001

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Diane Aschenbrenner was my instructor in 2 major courses in nursing school at Hopkins. I got a lot out of this book while in pharmacology class. Diane may have a very strong personality that some may not agree with, she has a knack for explaining the way drugs work in the human body, why we give them, and what to watch for. I love her use of metaphors for describing drug activity, most notably using freshman at a high school dance to explain protein-bound vs. "free" drug molecules (those without a dance partner are more likely to cause trouble!).

[mpfrom · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is extremely repetitive. For the same drug class, you read about the same things over and over again. Although, I guess repetition is good and aids in memory. But I still hated the book.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!