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Intended for medical assistants working in an ambulatory care setting, this textbook reviews the mathematics needed to calculate drug dosages, introduces the principles of medication administration, and describes medications that affect multiple body systems and medications that treat diseases specific to a body system.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Unlike any other pharmacology text on the market, Pharmacology: Principles and Applications offers complete and accurate coverage of drugs and drug dosage calculation for health career students, incorporating workbook features that strengthen the reader's math and medication skills. In addition to comprehensive information on dosage problems, pharmacological effects, medication administration, reading and checking prescriptions, and pharmacology of the most prescribed medications, it also emphasizes patient education - an important consideration for today's health professional. This comprehensive text begins with an introduction to pharmacology, moving through the logical steps of the medication process, including accurate dosage calculation and medication administration. Special body system icons denote which drugs are used for which body system. Numerous illustrations, tables, boxes, and critical thinking scenarios throughout reinforce the material and engage the reader in learning key concepts.

Book Info
Swainsboro Technical College, GA. Comprehensive textbook offers explanations of dosage problems, pharmacological effects, how to read and check prescriptions, and how commonly prescribed drugs are used to treat various disorders. Coverage meets AAMA and AMT standards. Includes color photographs of drugs. Softcover. DNLM: Drug Therapy--Problems and Exercises.

About the Author
Eugenia M Fulcher, RN, BSN, MEd, EdD, CMA, Program Director, Swainsboro Technical College, Waynesboro, GA; Cathy Dubeansky Soto, MBA, CMA, Instructional Coordinator, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX; and Robert M Fulcher, BSPh, RPh, Pharmacist-in-Charge, CVS Pharmacy, Waynesboro, GA

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