Pharmacology book

[Casoclinico]

Hello , any advice for a good pharmacology book they use in nursing degree course in Canada ?

Thankyou !

[dishes, BSN, RN]

I'm not sure if you are aware, but in Canada, you can often find out which textbooks are used in a nursing program by looking at the university website for the course code, then use the course code to search the university bookstore website for the textbooks. In your case, suggest you look at the courses for an Ontario IEN bridging program rather than a full BScN program.

If you want to save money, suggest you wait until you are in Ontario and look for used textbooks on kijiji (some grads sell used textbooks for lower prices on that website).

[Casoclinico]

Thankyou . Yes , also last year when I was in Ontario I visited the bookstore of a university , the nursing books but yea there were several pharmacology oness . I have heard pharmacology is one of the most important subject there so I wanted to study one they use at bachelor degree one . I will look on hat website when I go to Canada this summer ! Thankyou .

[dishes, BSN, RN]

I think the trade names of the medications is what can be confusing for IENs as in the workplace sometimes an order is written by the trade name instead of the generic name.

In the Canadian workplace, nurses, physicians and pharmacists use the online compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties (e-cps) rather than a 'drug book' as the information in a book can be outdated. You can look on pharmacists.ca for a video about cps.

[Casoclinico]

Yea, also here in Italy we study pharmacology using the active substance so not the trade name ( which can change ) but yea during all my internships it can happen Physicians give a prescription on trade name .

In Canada do you study on trade name or on the active substance ( I don't know , is called generic ?)

Can I ask if the RPN textbooks are the ones used also by the RN bachelor degree school , maybe at the first years?

I saw there are plenty of them in kijiji. I'll get those this summer ! Thanks

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Generic drugs are copies of brand-name drugs, they have the same active ingredient as the brand-name drug.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

The RPN programs are the foundation knowledge of the BSN programs and some of the texts will be the same, but IENs usually do not need foundation knowledge because they already have it from their own nursing education. I don't recommend buying the RPN textbooks unless when you cross check them with the bridging program textbooks you find that they are the same. If you see a the pocket book Physical Examination and Health Assessment by Jarvis get it and practice taking histories and doing physical assessments, as you will need to be comfortable with these skills for the IENCAP and in the workplace.

[Casoclinico]

The RPN programs are the foundation knowledge of the BSN programs and some of the texts will be the same, but IENs usually do not need foundation knowledge because they already have it from their own nursing education. I don't recommend buying the RPN textbooks unless when you cross check them with the bridging program textbooks you find that they are the same. If you see a the pocket book Physical Examination and Health Assessment by Jarvis get it and practice taking histories and doing physical assessments, as you will need to be comfortable with these skills for the IENCAP and in the workplace.

I will get that for sure . Yea it needs a lot of practice on clinical cases and focused assessment.

Can I ask what nurisng students in Canada do during their internship in autonomy? Is there any activity are they are not allowed to perform ? How many hours of work during an intern training a day they practice ? They follow the shifts of one nurse they follow too?

Here internship is as you really work as a nurse but actually do a lot of physical performance, since the first year. The assessment is general here , I saw in Canada is much mroe specific

[dishes, BSN, RN]

It's been a long time since I was a nursing student, hopefully someone who is currently a student or recent grad will come along and answer your nursing student questions.

Nursing students do clinical placements throughout their nursing program, the clinical placements usually coincide with their current area of study (ie mental health theory coincides with a mental health clinical placement). The clinical placements are at long-term care facilities, ambulatory care, acute care or community care. They include geriatrics, adults, pediatrics, maternal/newborn, and mental health patient populations.

The students are usually at the clinical placements with their clinical instructors (CI). CIs (the good ones) monitor their students closely to ensure they are performing patient skills and medication administration correctly. Gradually the students are given more patients to care for and more autonomy and in the final semester of school they do a preceptorship with a nurse who is their preceptor. The student follows the schedule of their preceptor for at least 400 hours, the CI checks up on the student and preceptor from time to time, but it is mainly the preceptor who is teaching and evaluating the student during their preceptorship.

[Neeters]

I can tell you that each school will use a different book. No matter what you will want to expand beyond the required text for pharmacology. I'm in Canada and even though I'm in Medicine Hat, my program is through the University of Calgary. I bought the required text, but I still am expanding for easier under stood pharmacology books. I hope that helps There are TONS of PDF pharmacology books online if your search google. I have found lots. Gotta love the internet lol.