Book Title: Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology – 1st Canadian Edition

Subtitle: A Conceptual Approach

Authors: Chippewa Valley Technical College; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill

Book Description: This adapted open-access Canadian Nursing Pharmacology textbook was designed specifically for the entry-level undergraduate nursing student. It is also applicable to other health disciplines for use. This textbook explores pharmacological concepts by showing the connections between pathophysiology, pharmacological principles, and common medication classes. This textbook also provides learning tools to improve the students retention with quizzes, videos, concept maps, drug cards, and is organized using a concept-based teaching approach.

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This book is a cloned version of Nursing Pharmacology by Chippewa Valley Technical College, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

Authors

Chippewa Valley Technical College; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill

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Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology - 1st Canadian Edition Copyright © 2023 by Chippewa Valley Technical College; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Pharmacology

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Title
Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology – 1st Canadian Edition
Authors
Chippewa Valley Technical College; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill
Editors
Elizabeth Christman; Kimberly Ernstmeyer; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill
License

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Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology - 1st Canadian Edition Copyright © 2023 by Chippewa Valley Technical College; Amanda Egert; Kimberly Lee; and Manu Gill is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

© 2023 Amanda Egert, Manu Gill and Kimberly Lee

Nursing Pharmacology: A Conceptual Approach – 1st Canadian Edition was adapted by Amanda Egert, Manu Gill and Kimberly Lee from Nursing Pharmacology © 2020 by Chippewa Valley Technical College (edited by Kimberly Ernstmeyer and Elizabeth Christman), which is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.

The Creative Commons licence permits you to retain, reuse, copy, redistribute, and revise this book—in whole or in part—for free providing the author is attributed as follows:

Nursing Pharmacology: A Conceptual Approach – 1st Canadian Edition by Chippewa Valley Technical College, Amanda Egert, Manu Gill, and Kimberly Lee is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.

This adaptation includes the following changes and additions which are © 2023 by Amanda Egert, Manu Gill, and Kimberly Lee and are licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence:

  • Overall revising text to make it fit a British Columbia and Canadian context. This included reordering, renaming, adding, and removing chapters and sections as needed.
  • Moving list of key terms from end of each chapter to the beginning and compiling definitions at the end of the book.

The following sections are original content by Amanda Egert, Kimberly Lee, and Manu Gill:

  • Chapter 2.6 Safe Medication Administration
  • Chapter 3.3 Conditions and Diseases Related to Infection
  • Chapter 4.3 Conditions and Disease of the ANS
  • Chapter 7.2 Gastrointestinal Elimination Concepts
  • Chapter 7.3 Conditions and Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System
  • Chapter 7.4 Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making for Gastrointestinal Elimination
  • Chapter 9.3 Conditions and Diseases Related to Metabolic Regulation
  • All sections under the “Resources” chapter at the end of the book.

In addition, content has been adapted from the following sources and incorporated into various chapters. Content from these sources is attributed at the end of the chapter it appears in or in a footnote:

If you redistribute all or part of this book, it is recommended the following statement be added to the copyright page so readers can access the original book at no cost:

Download for free from the B.C. Open Collection.

Sample APA-style citation (7th Edition):

Chippewa Valley Technical College, Egert, A., Lee, K., & Gill, M. (2023). Nursing pharmacology: A conceptual approach (1st Canadian edition). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/nursingpharmacology/

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Ebook ISBN: 978-1-77420-211-1

Print ISBN: 978-1-77420-210-4

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Primary Subject
Pharmacology
Additional Subject(s)
Nursing
Publisher
BCcampus
Publication Date
January 12, 2023
Ebook ISBN
978-1-77420-211-1
Print ISBN
978-1-77420-210-4