Focus on Nursing Pharmacology

Name: Focus on Nursing Pharmacology
Price: 64.4 EUR
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Author: Amy Morrison Karch
ISBN: 978-0-7817-5370-8

Amy Morrison Karch(Autor*in)

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)

3. Auflage

Erschienen am 22. Februar 2005

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992 Seiten

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Now in its Third Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book methodically explains the rationale for each drug class' therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, ensuring that students fully understand this important content. Each chapter includes drug summary tables (with dosages), Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes, all-inclusive nursing care guides based on a typical case study with critical thinking tips and patient teaching checklists. Each chapter ends with NCLEX[registered]-style questions and other questions to form a mini-study guide.New to this edition are: Prototype Drug boxes with details on prototype drugs; focus on the Evidence boxes promoting evidence-based practice; mid-chapter Focus Points summaries of key content; focus on Patient Safety emphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly to the patient; and, increased pharmacokinetics information.
A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a free video on medication administration, additional NCLEX[registered]-style questions, and other learning tools.

Now in its Third Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book methodically explains the rationale for each drug class' therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, ensuring that students fully understand this important content. Each chapter includes drug summary tables (with dosages), Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes, all-inclusive nursing care guides based on a typical case study with critical thinking tips and patient teaching checklists. Each chapter ends with NCLEX[registered]-style questions and other questions to form a mini-study guide.New to this edition are: Prototype Drug boxes with details on prototype drugs; focus on the Evidence boxes promoting evidence-based practice; mid-chapter Focus Points summaries of key content; focus on Patient Safety emphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly to the patient; and, increased pharmacokinetics information.
A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a free video on medication administration, additional NCLEX[registered]-style questions, and other learning tools.

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Inhalt

Part I. Introduction to Nursing Pharmacology, 1

- Introduction to Drugs, 3 - Drugs and the Body, 17 - Toxic Effects of Drugs, 32 - Nursing Management, 42 - Dosage Calculations, 51 - Drug Therapy in the 21st Century, 60 Part II. Chemotherapeutic Agents, 69

- Introduction to Cell Physiology, 71 - Anti-infective Agents, 80 - Antibiotics, 89 - Antiviral Agents, 127 - Antifungal Agents, 147 - Antiprotozoal Agents, 159 - Anthelmintic Agents, 175 - Antineoplastic Agents, 186 Part III. Drugs Acting on the Immune System, 217

- Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation, 219 - Anti-inflammatory Agents, 231 - Immune Modulators, 247 - Vaccines and Sera, 262 Part IV. Drugs Acting on the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems, 277

- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System, 279 - Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents, 291 - Antidepressant Agents, 305 - Psychotherapeutic Agents, 322 - Antiepileptic Agents, 339 - Antiparkinsonism Agents, 358 - Muscle Relaxants, 371 - Narcotics and Antimigraine Agents, 385 - General and Local Anesthetic Agents, 405 - Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents, 420 Part V. Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System, 431

- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System, 433 - Adrenergic Agents, 444 - Adrenergic Blocking Agents, 457 - Cholinergic Agents, 475 - Anticholinergic Agents, 488 Part VI. Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System, 499

- Introduction to the Endocrine System, 501 - Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents, 508 - Adrenocortical Agents, 523 - Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents, 537 - Antidiabetic Agents, 557 Part VII. Drugs Acting on the Reproductive System, 577

- Introduction to the Reproductive System, 579 - Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System, 588 - Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System, 610 Part VIII. Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System, 623

- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System, 625 - Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure, 639 - Cardiotonic Agents, 663 - Antiarrhythmic Agents, 680 - Antianginal Agents, 699 - Lipid-Lowering Agents, 713 - Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation, 731 - Drugs Used to Treat Anemias, 754 Part IX. Drugs Acting on the Renal System, 771

- Introduction to the Kidneys and the Urinary Tract, 773 - Diuretic Agents, 782 - Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder, 798 Part X. Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System, 813

- Introduction to the Respiratory System, 815 - Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract, 822 - Drugs Used to Treat Obstructive Pulmonary Disorders, 842 Part XI. Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal System, 865

- Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System, 867 - Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions, 875 - Laxative and Antidiarrheal Agents, 893 - Emetic and Antieme Appendices

- Parenteral Agents, 919 - Topical Agents, 924 - Ophthalmic Agents, 932 - Vitamins, 937 - Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 940 Index, 945

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