Pharmacology for Nursing Students: High-Yield Drug Review with NCLEX-Style Practice Questions and Rationales (NurseStudy.Net Nursing Review Series Book 1) Summary
Pharmacology made simple for nursing students and new nurses. Learn what each drug class does, what to check before you give it, what to teach the patient and what the NCLEX is really asking, then practice with 164 NCLEX-style questions and rationales. Pharmacology is the class that worries nursing students most. This updated review teaches the drugs you meet in class, in clinicals and on the NCLEX in plain language. Every chapter covers the prototype drug, how it works, the side effects that matter and the nursing actions, plus Priority points that tell you the one assessment or lab to check first. What you will learn: - Medication safety: the rights of medication administration, high-alert drugs and how to avoid errors - Pharmacology basics: how drugs move and work, therapeutic levels and the labs to watch - Cardiovascular drugs: beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, digoxin and statins - Anticoagulants, antiplatelets and thrombolytics: heparin, warfarin, DOACs and current reversal agents - Respiratory, endocrine and diabetes drugs: inhalers, insulin, metformin, GLP-1 and SGLT2 drugs, thyroid and steroids - Neuro, pain and psychiatric drugs: opioids, seizure drugs, antidepressants, lithium and antipsychotics - Anti-infective, GI and renal drugs - Immune, oncology, musculoskeletal, maternity and pediatric drugs - Antidotes and reversal agents Practice that builds confidence: - 164 NCLEX-style questions with a rationale for every answer - A 50-question mixed final exam - What's New notes that flag recent changes, so you don't learn an outdated answer Listeners also get the free online Companion Study Pack on NurseStudyPrep.com: a drug suffix finder, drug class cards, a check-first list, an antidote drill, flashcards and a printable med pass pocket card. Perfect for nursing school, NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN review, HESI and ATI exams, clinicals, and new grad nurses. Listen on your commute, at the gym or before clinicals. Written by Anna Curran, RN, BSN, PHN, a critical care and emergency nurse for 30 years and a nursing educator who has helped students at NurseStudy.Net since 2012. For educational use only. Not a substitute for a drug reference, facility policy or the orders of a licensed prescriber.©2026 Anna Curran (P)2026 Anna Curran
Pharmacology for Nursing Students: High-Yield Drug Review with NCLEX-Style Practice Questions and Rationales (NurseStudy.Net Nursing Review Series Book 1)
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