http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Practitioners educate patients about their disease, their medications, and the ways they can improve their health. When patients accurately understand their medications, adherence and cooperation are enhanced. However, many…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Many sources describe the importance of prescriptive authority for full implementation of the health provider’s role; however, very few texts describe the mechanics and technicalities of the actual process….
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ The dramatic decrease in infant mortality rates throughout the twentieth century has paralleled the development of improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric problems; the introduction of…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Providing drug therapy to pregnant or lactating women poses a unique challenge for health care practitioners. Because these patients represent a state of duality, the clinician who prescribes a…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Overview Traditionally, prescriptive authority has been the domain of physicians and dentists. The impact of physician prescriptive authority and primary care practices on other types of providers is important….
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Over the past century, the number of older adults has increased more than 10-fold and continues to increase. In the year 2000, approximately 35 million people were aged 65…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/Edmunds/NP/ Increased Focus on Primary Care Primary care as a concept involves the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing “personal health care…
Figure 2–1 The absorption, distribution, biotransformation (metabolism), and excretion of a typical drug after its oral administration. DRUG ABSORPTION Drug absorption refers to the passage of drug molecules from the…
Figure 30–1 Pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and sites of action of selected antirheumatic drugs. In this simplified view of the immune system, antigen-presenting cells phagocytose antigens and present them to…
Figure 14–1 Relationships between ion currents, cardiac action potentials, and the findings on surface ECG. The normal heartbeat originates in the SA node. The impulse is conducted through internodal fibers…
