Fast Facts For Psychopharmacology For Nurse Practitioners (EPUB)

Fast Facts For Psychopharmacology For Nurse Practitioners (EPUB)

By Deana Shevit, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Goldin

The first handbook providing guidelines to nurse practitioners on how to prescribe, monitor, assess, educate, and advocate for patients on psychiatric drugs

while promoting safe practice outcomes is now available in this relevant resource.

This helpful resource covers the essential elements of psychotropic drugs used in general psychiatry, offers methods to make medication decisions easier and

offers evidence-based best practice recommendations for choosing and managing psychotropic drugs.

It is written in a succinct, bulleted style for easy access to important information.

This resource starts with a synopsis of basic pharmacological concepts, followed by a brief introduction of neurotransmitters, the justification for pharmaceutical

use and the advantages and disadvantages of the main groups of psychotropic drugs.

Information regarding popular substances across drug classes is then shown, broken down by age group.

Each medication comes with a package that contains initial dosage instructions and modifications, streamlined diagnostic criteria, practice management,

justification for use, black box warnings, drug interactions, identification of adverse reactions and side effects, suggested lab tests, treatment choices, and self

management techniques.

Important ideas for patient and/or caregiver advocacy and education are included in the book’s conclusion.

Important information is highlighted throughout with tables and “Fast Facts” boxes.

Learning objectives, references, online resources and suggestions for more reading are included at the start of each chapter.

Important characteristics :

uses a lifetime approach when prescribing medication for psychiatric mental health
offers population-specific treatment strategies to help with the best possible medical decision-making.
Makes important information stand out with “Fast Facts” boxes
provides the fundamental information found in board certification tests.
Each chapter includes critical-thinking exercises to reinforce the material.