Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants 2nd Ed. by Rosenthal & Burchum (2020)

Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, 2nd Edition (2020) by Laura D. Rosenthal DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP and Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum DNSc, FNP-BC, CNE — Selected for Doody's Core Titles 2024 in Pharmacology — builds on the same foundation of clearly explained, up-to-date, and clinically current content as the trusted Lehne undergraduate text, while focusing on the information that advanced practice nurses and physician assistants specifically need for safe and effective prescribing. Published by Saunders (Elsevier).

Three introductory chapters provide foundational content for new prescribers in the areas of prescriptive authority, rational drug selection, prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy. Core drug chapters focus on the medications prescribers will most commonly encounter in clinical practice. A sharp focus is also placed on pharmacotherapeutic decision-making, supported by Black Box Warnings and new bulleted Key Prescribing Considerations features throughout.

New to the second edition: completely new chapters on Genetic and Genomic Considerations, Muscarinic Antagonists, and Immunomodulators, along with updated content throughout. It's everything advanced practice nursing and Physician Assistant students need to become safe and effective prescribers.

Topics covered: foundations of prescriptive practice and prescriptive authority; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; autonomic nervous system drugs; central nervous system drugs; cardiovascular drugs; renal and urinary drugs; drugs for gastrointestinal disorders; drugs for endocrine disorders including diabetes; drugs for women's health; drugs affecting the reproductive system; drugs for respiratory disorders; drugs for immunologic disorders and infectious diseases; antimicrobials, antivirals, antifungals; drugs for cancer; drugs for pain, fever, and inflammation; drugs used in palliative care; pharmacotherapy of psychiatric disorders; pediatric and geriatric pharmacology; drug therapy during pregnancy and lactation; and substance use and addiction.

Essential for: nurse practitioner programs (FNP, AGPCNP, AGACNP, PMHNP, PNP, WHNP); Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs; physician assistant (PA) programs; ANCC and AANP certification exam preparation; PANCE and PANRE preparation; and practicing APRNs and PAs seeking an authoritative prescribing reference.