Pharmacology Made Easy for NCLEX-PN - Book Review

AORN Journal,  Feb, 2003  by Bettyann Hutchisson

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By Linda Waide and Berta Roland 2001, 264 pp $21.95 paperback

This book delves into all aspects of pharmacology necessary to prepare the graduate to pass the NCLEX-PN examination. It will increase graduates' knowledge of pharmacology, give them an opportunity to practice test-taking skills, and help alleviate their test-taking anxiety.

The authors are RNs who have advanced degrees. The consultants and contributors also are RNs who have advanced degrees, and most of them are employed at universities or as education consultants.

Each chapter discusses a specific group of medications (eg, anti-infective agents, antineoplastic agents, cardiovascular agents, fluid and electrolyte agents) and the conditions they are used to treat. Each chapter also includes multiple-choice questions along with the answer, rationale, and explanation for each question.

The book includes several tables that discuss the purpose of medications, medication names, trade names, routes of administration, abbreviations, pronunciations, and classifications. The US Food and Drug Administration pregnancy risk categories are explained. There are several charts to help readers understand measurement equivalents. A practice examination on CD-ROM is included with the book. This book would be helpful to anyone preparing to take the NCLEX-PN examination and could be useful to graduate and new nurses preparing medications.

This book is available from Chicago Review Press/Independent Publishers Group, 814 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60610; http://www.jpgbook.com.

BETTYANN HUTCHISSON
RN, BSN, MSOT, CNOR
CLINICAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT
ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS,
A DIVISION OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON

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