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Pharmacology for Nurses links a unique approach to teaching pharmacology with Canadian content to deliver an outstanding manual for nursing students. A holistic, pathophysiological approach runs throughout the text, which places drugs in context with their therapeutic use, and organizes them by body systems and diseases. This gives students a clear picture of the importance of pharmacology to disease and ultimately to patient care. Detailed information on the drug classifications used to treat diseases is included.

Michael Patrick Adams, PhD, is an accomplished educator, author, and national speaker. The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in Austin, Texas, named Dr. Adams a Master Teacher. He has published two other textbooks with Pearson Publishing: Core Concepts in Pharmacology and Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice.

Dr. Adams obtained his master's degree in pharmacology from Michigan State University and his doctorate in education from the University of South Florida. Dr. Adams was on the faculty of Lansing Community College and St. Petersburg College, and served as Dean of Health Professions at Pasco-Hernando State College for 15 years. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Pasco-Hernando State College and Hillsborough Community College.

Carol Quam Urban, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, is Director of the School of Nursing and Associate Dean for Practice and Strategic Initiatives in the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been on the faculty at Mason and considers the study of pharmacology to be a course that truly integrates nursing knowledge, skills, and interdisciplinary teamwork. She credits her students, past and present, for providing a never-ending source of real-world stories that make learning about pharmacology enjoyable in class. She has also published the Pearson textbook Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice with Dr. Adams.

Mohamed Toufic El-Hussein, RN, BSN, MSN, PhD, NP, is an Associate Professor of Nursing in the Department of Health, Community & Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Dr. El-Hussein is a recipient of the distinguished teaching faculty award in the Bachelor of Nursing program at Mount Royal University, School of Nursing & Midwifery. Dr. El Hussein is also an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Calgary in the faculty of Nursing.

He has initiated and implemented several innovative teaching approaches that have contributed immensely to the critical thinking, analytical, and clinical skills of nursing students. Dr. El-Hussein's passion for teaching emerged while working as a Registered Nurse in critical care settings, where he was selected to facilitate and deliver lectures in the Department of In-Service Education at different hospitals. He completed his Master's in Critical Care and Trauma at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and earned a PhD in Nursing from the University of Calgary then enrolled in the post Masters Nurse Practitioner (NP) program at the university of Calgary and earned his NP diploma. Currently Dr. El Hussein practices as Acute Care Nurse Practitioner―Medical Cardiology Coronary Care Unit at Rockyview General Hospital. His research program focuses on clinical reasoning in nursing practice and the use of innovative teaching strategies to enhance critical thinking among nursing students. Dr. El-Hussein has authored several publications and conference presentations that discuss clinical reasoning processes and highlight innovative teaching strategies designed to bridge the theory-practice gap in nursing and to help students deconstruct and assimilate complex concepts.

Joseph Chinyere Osuji, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary. He is a Carnegie scholar and holds a visiting scholar appointment with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His current teaching assignments are Medical-Surgical Nursing, Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, Community Health, Chronic Disease Management and Advanced Biostatistics. Dr. Osuji has published widely, has authored, and contributed chapters on Medical/Surgical Nursing, Research Methods, Pharmacology, and Chronic Disease Management. Dr. Osuji has received major fellowship awards, research nominations and academic awards for his work. He is interested in research questions that deal with the social determinants of health, homelessness, social justice and poverty, soft computing modelling and informatics, teaching and learning processes in students, clinical reasoning among Registered Nurses and nursing workforce turnover and retention determinants. He has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and has presented on related topics in conferences, both locally and internationally. Dr. Osuji is the proud husband of Mrs. Genevieve Osuji and the father of three girls and two boys.