Principles of Pharmacology for Medical Assisting

This well-rounded text offers medical assisting students information on current practices, procedures, medications and drugs that are used today. It prepares them to function effectively in the physician's office, to understand the PDR, and to transmit appropriate and accurate information to patients. Students are guided through a basic math review and dosage calculations, using the ratio and proportion method, and then proceed onto the various methods of drug administration with procedures. The final two sections of the text contain a discussion of drugs by standard classifications and the effects of specific drugs on various body systems. The book includes complete procedures, illustrations, and competency checklists for drug administration techniques and patient teaching guide lines. It covers the legal implications of drug therapy and stresses the "Five Rights" of proper drug administration. This book should be of interest to medical assistants.