1. Focus on need-to-know content: With its popular "key drug" approach, Lilley is known for its consistent focus on need-to-know content. With drug information growing exponentially, an increasing demand for reduction of drug errors, and the importance of pharmacology content on the NCLEX(R) Examination, the success of the Lilley book continues to rest in large part on its focus on only the most important content. 2. Focus on the nursing process: After a concise Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology Overview and a focused Pharmacology Overview, each chapter of the Lilley text provides a thorough application of the Nursing Process, covering all major drugs addressed in the chapter. These Nursing Process sections help students learn to prioritize nursing care to focus on the most essential assessments, nursing diagnoses, interventions, and evaluation/outcome criteria. 3. Focus on prioritization: In addition to the prioritization of drug dosage and side effects information, nursing care is prioritized by numbered nursing diagnoses within the Nursing Diagnoses sections and corresponding numbered outcomes. This simple feature highlights prioritization of nursing care and helps students make cognitive connections among nursing diagnoses, planning, and outcomes. Also, Critical Thinking and Prioritization questions are provided for every chapter. 4. Clear, consistent, colorful, learner-friendly format: Lilley employs a practical body systems organization that helps students integrate pharmacology content with what they are learning in medical-surgical/adult health nursing courses. The consistent chapter format includes Objectives, Evolve resources, and Drug Profiles lists; Key Terms; an Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology Overview; a Pharmacology Overview; and a Nursing Process section. Each chapter concludes with Patient Teaching Tips, Key Points, and NCLEX(R) Examination Review Questions. 5. UNIQUE! QSEN focus/features: To highlight content that addresses the QSEN safety/quality competencies, special features are named with two-part titles, and indexed accordingly, as follows:

• Patient Centered-Care: Cultural Implications boxes discuss differences to expect among cultural or ethnic groups.
• Patient-Centered Care: Life Span Considerations for the Elderly Patient boxes highlight critical points related to drug therapy in older adult patients.
• Patient-Centered Care: Life Span Considerations for the Pediatric Patient boxes highlight critical points related to drug therapy in pediatric patients.
• Patient-Centered Care: Patient Teaching tips at the end of each chapter outline useful patient education information specific to each drug group.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes feature current research and findings relevant to nursing pharmacology.
• Safety: Laboratory Values Related to Drug Therapy boxes cover therapeutic levels of various drugs.
• Safety: Herbal Therapies and Dietary Supplements boxes provide an Overview, Common Uses, Adverse Effects, Potential Drug Interactions, and Contraindications for popular herbal therapies.
• Safety: What Went Wrong? case studies promote critical thinking related to patient safety.
• Safety and Quality Improvement: Preventing Medication Errors boxes reinforce concepts introduced in the medication errors chapter and relate them to specific common errors that occur in nursing pharmacology.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Legal and Ethical Principles boxes promote awareness of liability issues and proper professional conduct.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Pharmacokinetic Bridge to Nursing Practice features cover topics such as heart failure, women's health issues, iron, and monitoring renal function.
• Additionally, the TEACH for Nurses Lesson Plans and PowerPoints reemphasize the QSEN competencies.

6. Large collection of student-friendly learning aids:

• Unique cartoon-illustrated Learning Strategies in each part opener cover study tips, time management, and test-taking strategies related specifically to studying pharmacology.
• Drug Profiles highlight specific information on commonly-used agents.
• Case Studies in every chapter include a patient photo and help bring patients to life to promote critical thinking skills related to nursing pharmacology.
• Dosages tables provide instant access to dosages, routes, and indications for individual drugs.
• Key Points at the end of each chapter summarize key pharmacology and nursing content in each chapter.
• Critical Thinking and Prioritization Questions in each chapter encourage learners to think on a deeper level. Answer guidelines are available on Evolve.
• More than 250 full-color photos and illustrations show how drugs work in the body and how to administer medications safely and effectively, making Lilley one of the best-illustrated nursing pharmacology textbooks on the market.

7. Integrated NCLEX(R) Examination preparation and Photo Atlas of Drug Administration: Lilley includes 7 NCLEX(R) Examination Review Questions in every chapter, with at least one alternate-format item per chapter. An extensive Photo Atlas of Drug Administration features more than 100 step-by-step illustrations depicting key steps in drug administration for various routes of drug administration. 8. Readability: The authors incorporate many strategies to improve readability:

• Learners are addressed in a friendly, active direct-address style (e.g., "Administer the drug four times daily" versus "The drug should be administered four times daily").
• Long sentences and long paragraphs are broken up whenever appropriate.
• Words with fewer syllables are used where appropriate.
• Excessive use of acronyms is avoided and only the most common acronyms are used.
• Readability checks will be run on every chapter in first and final drafts to ensure that these measures have had the desired effect of lowering reading level still further.

9. Incorporation of RN Design: The RN Design gives the book a more consistent, seamless look and feel as part of Elsevier's complete educational solution for undergraduate nursing programs.

• NEW! Additional QSEN coverage incorporates more QSEN information throughout the text.

• Applicable QSEN competencies added to text case study titles
• Collaboration and teamwork content added to selected case studies
• Addition of new Safety: What Went Wrong? case studies
• Explanation of QSEN initiatives as it relates to safety and quality of patient care is included in the Medication Errors chapter
• NEW! Improved readability is aided by more friendly, direct-address language; shorter sentences; simplified language (where appropriate); and much more.
• An extensive Photo Atlas of Drug Administration features more than 100 step-by-step illustrations depicting key steps in drug administration for various routes of drug administration.
• UNIQUE! QSEN focus highlights those aspects of the book - such as boxes, tips, case studies, and other content - that correlate with the QSEN competencies.
• Popular key drug approach focuses on the need-to-know content for safe clinical practice and uses a streamlined approach to drug indications, emphasizing only the most common or serious adverse effects.
• Integrated NCLEX(R) Examination preparation includes seven NCLEX Examination review questions in every chapter, with at least one alternate-format item per chapter.
• Thorough application of the nursing process is addressed in each chapter to help readers learn how to prioritize nursing care to focus on the most essential assessments, nursing diagnosis, interventions, and evaluation/outcome criteria.
• Colorful and consistent learner-friendly format utilizes a variety of tables and practical body systems organization to help readers integrate pharmacology content with what they are learning in medical-surgical and adult health nursing courses.
• Focus on prioritization includes prioritized nursing diagnoses along with corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes, helping readers learn to connect nursing diagnoses to goals and outcomes.
• Large collection of reader-friendly learning aids includes approachable text elements such as:

• Cartoon-illustrated learning strategies covering study, time management, and test-taking tips related to studying pharmacology.
• Drug profiles highlighting specific information on commonly-used agents.
• Case studies that help bring patients to life and promote critical thinking skills.
• Dosages tables providing instant access to dosages, routes, and indications for individual drugs.
• Key points summarizing key pharmacology and nursing content in each chapter.
• Critical thinking and prioritization questions encourage readers to think on a deeper level.
• More than 250 full-color photos and illustrations show how drugs work in the body and how to administer medications safely and effectively.
• NEW! Updated learning strategies include strategies for incorporating technology and active learning.
• NEW! Exclamation point icon identifies ISMP high-alert drugs.
• NEW! Diamond icons indicate key drugs in the Dosage tables.