Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants 3rd Ed. by Rosenthal & Burchum (2024)

Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, 3rd Edition (2024) by Laura D. Rosenthal DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP and Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum DNSc, FNP-BC, CNE — Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles with “Essential Purchase” designation in Advanced Practice — builds on the same foundation of clearly explained, up-to-date, and clinically current content as Lehne’s trusted undergraduate text, while focusing on the information that advanced practice nurses and physician assistants specifically need for safe and effective prescribing. Published by Elsevier.Introductory chapters provide foundational content for new prescribers in the areas of prescriptive authority, rational drug selection, prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy. Core drug chapters focus on the medications that prescribers will most commonly see in clinical practice. Pharmacotherapeutic decision-making is emphasized throughout, with Black Box Warnings and new Drug Decision Guide boxes.New to the third edition: completely updated content; new chapters on drugs for sexual dysfunction and drugs for transgender health; expanded coverage of pharmacogenomics, immunomodulators, and emerging therapeutics; and updated dosing and clinical guidelines aligned with the latest FDA approvals and evidence-based practice.Topics covered: foundations of prescriptive practice; pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics; autonomic, central nervous system, and cardiovascular drugs; renal and urinary pharmacotherapy; gastrointestinal drugs; endocrine pharmacology including diabetes management; women’s health, men’s health, and reproductive pharmacotherapy; respiratory drugs; antimicrobials, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics; oncology pharmacotherapy; analgesics and pain management; psychiatric drugs; pediatric, geriatric, and pregnancy/lactation pharmacology; and drug therapy for substance use disorders.Essential for: nurse practitioner programs (FNP, AGPCNP, AGACNP, PMHNP, PNP, WHNP); Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs; physician assistant (PA) programs; ANCC and AANP certification preparation; PANCE and PANRE preparation; and practicing APRNs and PAs seeking the most current authoritative prescribing reference.