Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice A Practical Approach 5th Ed. by Arcangelo, Peterson, Wilbur & Kang (2021)

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach, 5th North American Edition (2021) by Virginia Poole Arcangelo PhD, CRNP, Andrew M. Peterson PharmD, PhD, Veronica Wilbur, and Tep M. Kang — Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2025 — prepares advanced practice clinicians to prescribe and administer drugs safely and effectively. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer), this fully updated fifth edition is anchored in pharmacology and the principles of therapeutics and written by experts in the field.

This text is the road map to effective drug therapies for advanced practice clinicians and students. Readers learn to correctly identify a disorder, review the drugs used to treat it, and select the optimal therapy. With expert direction on more than 50 common disorders, this is the ideal resource for advanced practice clinicians and students learning pharmacotherapeutics — and a go-to reference for experienced prescribers.

Learn best practices for selecting the safest, most effective drug therapies: the text emphasizes clinical decision-making, cost considerations, patient education, and monitoring for therapeutic response and adverse effects. Each disorder chapter presents pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, goals of treatment, first-line and alternative drug therapies, monitoring parameters, patient education, and outcome evaluation.

Topics covered: principles of pharmacotherapeutics; prescribing authority and prescription writing; pharmacogenomics and precision therapeutics; drug therapy in pregnancy, lactation, pediatric, and geriatric populations; pharmacotherapy for cardiovascular disorders (hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, arrhythmias, coronary artery disease); respiratory disorders (asthma, COPD); gastrointestinal disorders; renal and urinary disorders; endocrine disorders including diabetes and thyroid conditions; neurologic disorders; psychiatric disorders; pain management; infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship; dermatologic conditions; ophthalmologic and otic disorders; women's health; men's health; oncology pharmacotherapy essentials; and complementary and alternative therapies.

Essential for: nurse practitioner programs including FNP, AGPCNP, AGACNP, PMHNP, PNP, WHNP; Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs; physician assistant (PA) programs; ANCC and AANP certification preparation; PANCE/PANRE preparation; continuing education for practicing APRNs and PAs; and clinical faculty teaching advanced pharmacology.