The GUARD Method
A Structured Approach to Learning and Organizing Nursing Knowledge
For nurse educators
It brings the framework into a format you can return to as your nursing knowledge grows.
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Inside
- A first worked example: Linda Carter’s changing situation introduces the five areas and the connections between them.
- Study and teaching activities: prompts for organizing a topic, explaining a connection, and reconsidering when a meaningful detail changes.
- Applications across nursing education: including pharmacology and case discussions.
- Illustrated practice pages and faculty examples: alongside guidance for using the faculty toolkit.
Pharmacology Without the Panic
A Structured Approach to Learning and Organizing Medication Knowledge
For nursing students
This book uses GUARD for medications. Each drug is organized with the same five questions, to help students connect the dots instead of memorizing lists.
Topics
- Medication Administration and Safety
- Diabetes Medications
- Analgesics (Pain Medications)
- Antibiotics
- Asthma & COPD Medications
- Anticoagulants & Antiplatelets
- Antihypertensives
- Antidepressants
- and more.
Sample layout
How a drug page works
What are we trying to accomplish?
What could harm this patient?
What changes the situation?
What tells us what is actually happening?
What should the nurse do or not do?
More GUARD books are planned.
The GUARD Method is available in paperback on Amazon. Pharmacology Without the Panic is in development; availability updates will appear here when they are ready.
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