This online course features animation-enhanced, self-study modules on the basic principles of pharmacology along with interactive case studies and a Drug Calculation Review module. Each chapter includes NCLEX® exam-style practice quizzes along with a collection of 16 unique “Roadside Assistance” video clips to help you understand the basic mechanisms of action for important drugs you will encounter in the clinical setting. A new collection of 2,000 flashcards will also help you learn key drug information and pharmacologic principles. Also includes interactive learning activities, video clips, animations, an Audio Glossary, and an Online Drug Handbook.
Ready-to-use modules include: - UNIQUE! A core component of Pharmacology Online is a collection of self-study modules. Twelve of the modules cover basic principles of pharmacology. These basic principles are the foundation for understanding drug mechanisms of action, yet it is these very principles with which students struggle with the most. These modules use animations, illustrations, integrated learning activities, and dynamic hyperlinks in concise modules that students can use again and again until you develop this basic understanding.
- The interactive case studies use true-to-life clinical scenarios to promote “learning by doing” in the safety of a virtual clinical setting. Students see the consequences of both correct and incorrect choices, and they receive remediation for incorrect choices.
- An online drug handbook is available from within the case studies and self-study modules. The handbook helps to simulate a true-to-life clinical environment in the case studies and serves as a convenient quick reference as students work through the material.
- Interactive learning activities provide review of critical drug content in game-like activity “engines.”
- UNIQUE! A collection of 16 unique “Roadside Assistance” video clips present core pharmacology concepts and use humor and analogy to bring difficult content to life and give visual interest to otherwise “dry” content.
- A collection of lively discussion threads facilitates the virtual classroom discussions that are critical to learning in an online environment.
- Six new, ready-to-use case studies cover multiple sclerosis, antiseizure/antiepileptic medications, artrial fibrillation, acute myocardial infarction, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and peptic ulcer. These new cases incorporate complicating conditions; each patient has a major condition plus one or more additional, complicating disorders, which makes the cases more realistic and increases the need for critical thinking.
- Three new self-study modules cover key clinical topics, Neuropharmacology, Essentials of Antibacterial Therapy, and Medications for Diabetes Mellitus, focus on important drug content areas.
- A collection of 2,000 electronic flashcards provide you with an easy-to-use, engaging way to memorize information about major drugs, drug classes, and pharmacologic principles.
- 20 new care planning activities include brief case studies, a care plan template for completion, and answer guidelines.A substantially expanded library of 220 interactive learning activities gives you even more ways to study and comprehend the material.
- Includes 58 practice quizzes for the NCLEX® exam with 10-15 self-scoring questions and rationales.
- An expanded collection of discussion threads includes a total of 80 topics.
- Additional animations feature improved richness and depth.
- An expanded audio glossary presents both a definition and an audio clip for approximately 1,400 terms and drug names.
- The online drug handbook is now thoroughly updated to include the latest FDA approvals and withdrawals.
- The organization and navigation for the 6th edition is now more user-friendly.
- An updated “look and feel” of the course reflects the design of the 6th edition textbook.
Julie S. Snyder, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, teaches at the School of Nursing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
