Clear and straightforward, Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety helps you understand how drugs work and how to administer them safely. That means you won't have to resort to rote memorization of drug information to avoid making medication errors! Written by noted educators M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Linda A. LaCharity, PhD, RN, and Susan L. Kruchko, MS, RN, Understanding Pharmacology clarifies difficult concepts and prepares you to handle today's new drugs and drug classes. It provides complete preparation for licensure exams and for clinical practice.

• Entire unit reviewing math, weights and measures, and dosage calculation minimizes readers' anxiety and promotes medication safety.
• Clever, easy-to-recognize margin icons help visual learners remember essential side effects of drugs.
• Simplified heading structure replaces intimidating terminology (i.e. pharmacokinetics) with simplified language (How These Drugs Work) to increase understanding of concepts.
• Drug Alert!, Do-Not-Confuse, and Clinical Pitfall boxes highlight important tips for safe medication administration.
• Memory Jogger boxes help readers remember important drug information.
• Get Ready for Practice sections at the end of each chapter include key points, chapter review questions, and critical thinking activities to reinforce learning.
• 10th grade reading level uses straightforward, everyday language to really enhance readers' understanding of pharmacology concepts.
• Incorporation of adult learning theory features both a simple to complex organization of material along with answers to why readers need to learn something.

• NEW! Body system organization helps readers better understand drugs that are specific to particular body systems.
• NEW! More chapter review questions have been added to the text. All review questions are now organized into one of two categories: Test Yourself on the Basics and Test Yourself on Advanced Concepts.