Several new books are now available in the ACCP Bookstore. Please visit the bookstore to learn more about these new arrivals:
Critical Care Pharmacotherapy (available for preorder)
This March, ACCP will publish Critical Care Pharmacotherapy, edited by Brian Erstad, Pharm.D. This new resource will offer the most comprehensive publication on the cutting-edge field of critical care pharmacotherapy. Fifty-one chapters, written by the most experienced critical care pharmacists in the field, cover topics in supportive care, infectious diseases, neurocritical care, cardiovascular critical care, and more. Also featured are chapters dealing with unique pharmacotherapy challenges in special ICU populations such as multiple trauma patients, as well as chapters on patient safety, credentialing, and compliance issues. A special foreword in Critical Care Pharmacotherapy provides a historical analysis of critical care pharmacy practice from the perspectives of experienced practitioners as well as recent entrants in the field. Critical Care Pharmacotherapy will be the go-to reference for critical care pharmacists everywhere.
Becoming Your Best
Discover the principles that are transforming teams and leaders worldwide. Running a department in today’s high-pressure landscape gets more difficult every year. Given the level of competition, it seems that you either sacrifice your personal life for your job or you lose everything. Steve Shallenberger has an important message for you: It doesn’t have to be this way. You can succeed and live a happy life at the same time. In fact, if you follow his advice, a satisfying personal life will necessarily follow your leadership success. That’s because it's all based on timeless truths that apply to every aspect of life, in any organization and in any culture. Becoming Your Best reveals the lessons you need to follow in order to reach your highest potential and drive the kind of innovation that turns good organizations into industry leaders—all while living a well-balanced personal life.
Fundamental Skills for Patient Care in Pharmacy Practice
Fundamental Skills for Patient Care in Pharmacy Practice enables students and new pharmacists to master the skills associated with clinical care in either the inpatient or outpatient setting. In accessible steps, this valuable resource provides the tools for gaining medication histories from patients and counseling them on the most effective and safe manner to take medications. Each chapter explores the background and practice of a critical skill, tools that aid in its development and mastery, and tips for success. Students and pharmacists will come away with the knowledge to identify drug-related problems and formulate plans for solutions to these problems.
How to Be a Positive Leader
Some leaders are able to dramatically expand their people’s—and their own—capacity for excellence. This book shares what Jane Dutton, Gretchen Spreitzer, and their fellow authors have discovered after years of studying extraordinarily effective organizations. They show that something as relatively easy as letting employees customize their jobs to fit their strengths can unlock their energy, initiative, and sense of purpose. They describe actions that build positive relationships inside and outside the organization. Because positive leadership is based on simple, inexpensive actions, it provides a sustainable way to consistently bring out the best in people and organizations. It offers a vision of leadership that is not about richness of resources but richness of possibilities.
Patient Communication for Pharmacy
Patient Communication for Pharmacy: A Case-Study Approach on Theory and Practice offers communication strategies to promote patient-centered care. Utilizing a case study approach, this practical guide develops readers’ understanding of the unique communication dynamics between pharmacists and patients and assists them in strengthening the communication skills necessary for providing optimal patient outcomes. Focusing on skills acquisition and an integration of communication and behavioral change theories, this valuable resource also addresses issues relevant to pharmacist-patient communication and relationship building, including health literacy, culturally competent care, patient compliance, and conflict/emotionally charged conversations.
Be sure to visit the ACCP Bookstore regularly to see new offerings and new editions of your favorite titles.