Subject Guides: NUR 611: Advanced Health Assessment with Integrated Pathopharmacology: Find Books and More

Basic Health Assessment Knowledge

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 17th ed. by April Hazard Vallerand; Cynthia A. Sanoski; Courtney Quiring
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access

Publication Date: 2019
Nursing Pharmacology 2nd Ed, (E-book) by Kimberly Ernstmeyer & Elizabeth Christman (Eds)
Call Number: E-book, Click title to access

Publication Date: 2023

This book introduces the principles of pharmacology and discusses classes of medications and their effects on the body. Emphasis is on the use of the nursing process to safely administer medications. This is an open educational resource (OER) and provided free online for educational purposes by Open Resources for Nurses (Open RN).
Pharmacology for Nurses (E-book) by Tina Barbour-Taylor, Leah Mueller (Sabato), Donna Paris, Dorie Weaver
Call Number: E-book, Click title to access

Publication Date: 2024

This book aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the pharmacological use of drugs that the nurse needs to provide safe and effective care to the client. It is vital to comprehend not only the mechanisms by which drugs impact the human body but also how a client’s physiological factors influence drug responses. An open educational resource (OER) by Open Stax.

DailyMed
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR (book) by American Psychiatric Association
Call Number: POR, GOR, & LAC REF RC455.2.C4 2022

ISBN: 9780890425763

Publication Date: 2022
The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy 2020
Call Number: USM Stacks RM267 .S36 2020

ISBN: 9781944272159

Publication Date: 2020
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary by Venes, Donald (editor)
Call Number: LAC Reference R121 .T33 2017

ISBN: 0803659040

Publication Date: 2017
All-In-One Nursing Care Planning Resource by Pamela L. Swearingen
Call Number: POR Reference RT49 .A45 2016

Publication Date: 2016