Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants

Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants, 2nd Edition provides comprehensive coverage of drug administration principles and techniques, including basic pharmacology, drug effects, delegation, lifespan considerations, ethics, laws, and math skills. It offers step-by-step procedures, documentation reporting and recording, communication, older person considerations, safety and comfort, delegation guidelines, chapter review questions, arithmetic review, and key terms. Updated drug content, an infection prevention chapter, full-color drawings and photos, and NCLEX® review questions are included.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2022
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of drug administration for common drugs and over-the-counter medications. Written by Karen Anderson, this text covers basic pharmacology, the effect of drugs on body systems, delegation and lifespan considerations, ethics and laws, and math skills for accurate dosage calculation. The text is divided into manageable segments with step-by-step procedures, clear, easy-to-read writing style, documentation reporting and recording, focus on communication, focus on older person boxes, promoting safety and comfort boxes, delegation guidelines, chapter review questions, arithmetic review, and key terms. The updated drug content includes current brand names, dosages, effects, and side effects, an infection prevention chapter, full-color drawings and photos, and updated and simplified content.

Weight: 874g
Dimension: 219 x 277 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323790505
Edition number: 2 ed