Schwinghammer's Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, Twelfth Edition

Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach is a comprehensive guide that helps healthcare professionals build clinical decision-making skills to identify and resolve medication therapy problems encountered in daily practice. It uses 150+ cases, organized into system sections, to cover patient communication, care plan development, and documentation. The case-based approach makes it an ideal resource for PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, and allied health courses.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 21 April 2023
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

The ultimate guide to applying pharmacotherapy principles to real-world clinical practice is here! Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, the perfect companion to DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 12th Edition, uses over 150 cases to help you build the clinical decision-making skills required to identify and resolve commonly encountered medication therapy problems encountered in daily practice. Providing a consistent, practical approach, this authoritative guide delivers everything you need to master patient communication, care plan development, and documenting interventions. Case chapters are organized into system sections that correspond to those of the companion textbook. The case-based approach makes this an ideal resource for PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, and other allied health courses.

With each case, you will learn how to:
1. Identify actual or potential drug therapy problems
2. Determine the desired therapeutic outcome
3. Evaluate therapeutic alternatives
4. Design an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan
5. Develop methods to evaluate the therapeutic outcome
6. Provide patient education
7. Communicate and implement the pharmacotherapeutic plan

Everything you need to develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision-making is here!

Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systemic, problem-solving approach.

A compelling range of cases—from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)—covers a wide range of scenarios you will encounter in practice.

Coverage integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics, providing a comprehensive understanding of drug therapy principles.

Appendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviation.

So, whether you're a student, pharmacist, or healthcare professional, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach is your go-to resource for mastering pharmacotherapy decision-making and improving patient outcomes. Don't miss out on this essential guide!

Weight: 982g
Dimension: 216 x 277 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781264278480
Edition number: 12 ed