Pharmacology Essentials for Allied Health covers the full range of pharmacology concepts at the need-to-know level. Content is organized by major body system to help students understand the connections between particular body systems and drug therapy.Features and BenefitsProvides essential content for students in a variety of allied health programs, including medical assisting courses.Teaches students about the major diseases and illnesses that originate in or affect body systems, along with the specific drug therapies used in their treatments.Features colorful, accurate photos, illustrations, and tables to enhance students' understanding of body systems, anatomic structures, medical disorders, medications, and auxiliary drug labels.Enhances students' ability to enter the workforce and advance in their jobs through integrated tips and information on career preparation, professionalism, and soft skills.Offers objective-based and performance-based assessments to gauge students' knowledge.

Pharmacology Essentials for Allied Health covers the full range of pharmacology concepts at the need-to-know level. Content is organized by major body system to help students understand the connections between particular body systems and drug therapy. Features and Benefits: Provides essential content for students in a variety of allied health programs, including medical assisting courses. Teaches students about the major diseases and illnesses that originate in or affect body systems, along with the specific drug therapies used in their treatments. Features colorful, accurate photos, illustrations, and tables to enhance students' understanding of body systems, anatomic structures, medical disorders, medications, and auxiliary drug labels. Enhances students' ability to enter the workforce and advance in their jobs through integrated tips and information on career preparation, professionalism, and soft skills. Offers objective-based and performance-based assessments to gauge students' knowledge.

Early chapters lay the groundwork by introducing pharmacology's history, legal and ethical principles, drug administration techniques, essential math, and calculations. This edition contains new chapters on medication errors and prevention, and substance abuse.

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. A focused, teach-and-test approach to learning pharmacology Focus on Pharmacology: Essentials for Health Professionals helps students learn pharmacology by presenting small amounts of information and then offering opportunities for readers to apply what they’ve learned through a variety of exercises. Designed specifically for allied health students, early chapters lay the groundwork for learning pharmacology by introducing its history, legal and ethical principles, drug administration techniques, essential math, calculations, and medication errors. Subsequent chapters offer a structured presentation of the drugs intended to treat specific body systems and associated disorders. Each drug chapter starts with a concise review of anatomy and physiology, providing a foundation for understanding drug actions and uses. Pharmacologic principles are then presented in a consistent and easy-to-follow format, using clearly identifiable question-headings that help students focus on need-to-know drug information. Pediatric and geriatric pharmacotherapies are covered in detail, as are substance abuse, antibiotics, and other drug categories. Updated with the latest drug information and featuring seven new chapters, the Third Edition’s focused, teach-and-test approach blends concise content with an engaging learning process to help students better retain essential information. For even more practice and review opportunities pair Focus on Pharmacology with the completely revised and expanded Student Workbook. The Workbook (ISBN-10: 0134525299 / ISBN-13: 9780134525297) contains many different types of review questions, including multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and critical-thinking.