Michael Patrick Adams - Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach

A Pathophysiologic Approach

Fifth Edition

Michael Patrick Adams

Leland Norman Holland, Jr.

Carol Quam Urban

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adams, Michael

Pharmacology for nurses: a pathophysiologic approach / Michael Patrick Adams, Leland N. Holland, Carol Quam Urban.5th ed.

p.; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 10 0-13-425516-X

ISBN 13: 978-0-13-425516-3

I. Holland, Leland Norman, II. Urban, Carol Q. (Carol Quam) III. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Drug TherapyNursing. 2. Pharmacological PhenomenaNurses

Instruction. 3. PharmacologyNurses Instruction. WB 330]

LC Classification not assigned

615.1dc23

2012039180

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

ISBN-10: 0-13-425516-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-425516-3

Michael Patrick Adams, PhD, is an accomplished educator, author, and national speaker. The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in Austin, Texas, named Dr. Adams a Master Teacher. He has published two other textbooks with Pearson Publishing: Core Concepts in Pharmacology and Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice.

Dr. Adams obtained his masters degree in pharmacology from Michigan State University and his doctorate in education from the University of South Florida. Dr. Adams was on the faculty of Lansing Community College and St. Petersburg College, and served as Dean of Health Professions at Pasco-Hernando State College for 15 years. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Pasco-Hernando State College and Hillsborough Community College.