With the important part played by nurses in the administration of drugs and in recording their effects, an understanding of pharmacology and its application to patient care is an integral part of pre-registration nursing education. This popular textbook gives an up-to-date account of the action and use of drugs in the treatment and prevention of disease, as well as exploring the principles underlying drug usage. The eighteenth edition of this highly successful textbook builds on the foundation of its predecessors by bringing the text fully up to date with developments in the world of clinical pharmacology and current trends in clinical practice.

鉴于护士在药品管理和记录药物效果方面所起的重要作用，对药理学及其在患者护理中的应用的理解是预注册护士教育的组成部分。这本广受欢迎的教科书提供了在疾病治疗和预防方面关于药物作用和使用方法的最新解释，并且探讨了药品使用的原则。这一极为成功的教科书的第十八版基于以前的版本，并根据临床药理学领域和现今临床治疗趋势的发展进行了全面的更新。