Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals by Susan Turley

Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals by Susan Turley

For courses in Pharmacology and/or Medical Transcription. This introductory text helps students in health professions understand pharmacology. From the history of drugs to current drugs for every body system, it covers everything students will need to know. A comprehensive glossary/index with drug dosages and drug name pronunciation is also provided.

Susan M. Turley is an experienced educator and practitioner in many areas of health care. She has worked in acute care, managed care, long-term care, and the physician's office and has held positions in nursing, quality management, infection control, medical assisting, medical transcription, and health information management.

As an educator, she has taught college and community college courses in pharmacology and pathophysiology. She has presented numerous staff inservices in acute care, managed care, and long-term care settings and co-presented numerous all-day seminars for teachers throughout the country. She codeveloped the curriculum and training materials for a nationally distributed medical transcription training program and currently works as a consultant in curriculum development and instructor for a distance learning school with health information management and medical transcription programs.

She is the author of numerous medical and educational articles for national journals, and co-author of two funded national healthcare grants.

She has a Master of Arts degree in adult education, a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, and national certification in the fields of health information management and medical transcription.

Her writing is well-known for its clarity in presenting technically difficult material and for a special blend of in-depth coverage that also includes humor and interesting anecdotes to keep interest high.

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ISBN 13	9780130417428
ISBN 10	0130417424
Title	Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals
Author	Susan Turley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prentice Hall
Year published	2003-05-16
Number of pages	562
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