Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesiology [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages


• Publisher: Jones ; Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (May 27, 2010)


• Language: English


• ISBN-10: 0763786071


• ISBN-13: 978-0763786076


• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches


• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

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Customer Reviews

When it comes to a pharmacology book, you want one that is 1) up to-date, 2) presents evidence-based basis for use of medications 3) Remains as focused as possible. The only thing I can confidently say this book does well is present up-to-date material (something Stoetling's Pharm and Phys does NOT do). After that, the rest of the book is average, at best.
One problem I find with most Nurse Anesthesia-specific texts is that they try to cover a lot of topical areas, without doing any of it well. They get wordy, lack order, focus, and try to cover every possible caveat of a topic --- meanwhile, with this structure, they fail to do a good job at any of it, and instead do an average job at all of it. Nagelhout's Nurse Anesthesia text is the epitome of this.
This first edition book by Ouellette ; Joyce has a lot of room for improvement. It tries to become a physiology book, anatomy book, pharmacology book, and chemistry book all-in-one. In doing so, it forgets that it is a pharmacology book. It loses focus, and as a result it doesn't get in very great detail in any topic. I admit, you cannot be learn pharmacology without knowing all of the other clinical sciences. But don't attempt to teach all of those topics when your focus is pharmacology. Stoetling's Pharm ; Physiology for Anesthetic Practice, despite presenting material that is old as dirt, does an excellent job at presenting clinical science material at appropriate times.
The two main texts for pharmacology in anesthesia are Stoetling's and this one by Ouellete and Joyce. This one is newer, but is of poorer quality. Stoelting's, despite being published in 2006, presents material from the early 90s (at times I was expecting it to go into detail in how to do the open-drip method of ether administration). However, Stoetling manages to do this quite well. In contrast, Oullette presents new material poorly. It relies way too much on poorly constructed diagrams and charts, without having the backbone material to support it.
This book does present something better than Stoelting's, however: Nausea ; Vomiting. This is because of exclusion by Stoelting in his book, and not because Oullete ; Joyce did a quality job.
I do not recommend this book. For every chapter in the book, there is a better resource out there. This book needs to focus on doing one thing well, rather than a lot of things poorly.