Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition
by Jacqueline Burchum, Laura Rosenthal · Elsevier Saunders
The trusted prototype-drug nursing pharmacology textbook — clear physiology, mechanism of action, and nursing implications.
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About this book
Overview
Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition by Jacqueline Burchum and Laura Rosenthal is the definitive nursing pharmacology textbook. Using the prototype-drug approach, the text introduces a representative drug from each major class, explains its mechanism of action, therapeutic uses, adverse effects, and contraindications, and then highlights how related drugs compare. This pedagogy turns pharmacology into a clinical reasoning skill rather than a memorization task.
Key Features
- Published by Elsevier Saunders — a trusted name in nursing pharmacology publishing
- 2022 edition with current, peer-reviewed content
- Paperback print edition — comfortable long-form reading and easy annotation
- Structured for coursework, exam preparation, and clinical reference
- Ships new and shrink-wrapped from our US warehouse
Who Should Read This Book
Nursing students, new graduate RNs, and nurse practitioner students.
Educational Value
Each chapter follows the nursing process — assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation — with patient-focused interventions, safety considerations, and patient education guidance. Special Interest Topic boxes apply pharmacology to gender, pediatric, geriatric, genetic, and complementary-medicine contexts.
The 11th edition is updated with newly approved medications, current black-box warnings, and revised national guidelines on anticoagulation, immunizations, opioid stewardship, antimicrobials, oncology, and chronic disease management. Prototype Drug summary boxes, safety alerts, and Next-Generation NCLEX–style review questions reinforce key concepts.
Written for undergraduate nursing students in pharmacology coursework and a trusted reference for new graduate nurses, NP students, and practicing RNs.