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Focus on nursing pharmacology
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- ISBN: 9781496318213
- ISBN: 1496318218
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 1106 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm - Edition: Seventh edition.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1, Introduction to nursing pharmacology : -- Introduction to drugs -- Drugs and the body -- Toxic effects of drugs -- The nursing process in drug therapy and patient safety -- Dosage calculations -- Challenges to effective drug therapy -- pt. 2, Chemotherapeutic agents : -- Introduction to cell physiology -- Anti-infective agents -- Antibiotics -- Antiviral agents -- Antifungal agents -- Antiprotozoal agents -- Anthelmintic agents -- Antineoplastic agents -- pt. 3, Drugs acting on the immune system : -- Introduction to the immune response and inflammation -- Anti-inflammatory, antiarthritis, and related agents -- Immune modulators -- Vaccines and sera -- pt. 4, Drugs acting on the central and peripheral nervous systems : -- Introduction to nerves and the nervous system -- Anxiolytic and hypnotic agents -- Antidepressant agents -- Psychotherapeutic agents -- Antiseizure agents -- Antiparkinsonism agents -- Muscle relaxants -- Narcotics, narcotic antagonists, and antimigraine agents -- General and local anesthetic agents -- Neuromuscular junction blocking agents -- pt. 5, Drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system : -- Introduction to the autonomic nervous system -- Adrenergic agonists -- Adrenergic antagonists -- Cholinergic agonists -- Anticholinergic agents -- pt. 6, Drugs acting on the endocrine system : -- Introduction to the endocrine system -- Hypothalamic and pituitary agents -- Adrenocortical agents -- Thyroid and parathyroid agents -- Agents to control blood glucose levels -- pt. 7, Drugs acting on the reproductive system : -- Introduction to the reproductive system -- Drugs affecting the female reproductive system -- Drugs affecting the male reproductive system -- pt. 8, Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system : -- Introduction to the cardiovascular system -- Drugs affecting blood pressure -- Agents for treating heart failure -- Antiarrhythmic agents -- Antianginal agents -- Lipid-lowering agents -- Drugs affecting blood coagulation -- Drugs used to treat anemias -- pt. 9, Drugs acting on the renal system : -- Introduction to the renal system -- Diuretic agents -- Drugs affecting the urinary tract and the bladder -- pt. 10, Drugs acting on the respiratory system : -- Introduction to the respiratory system -- Drugs acting on the upper respiratory tract -- Drugs acting on the lower respiratory system -- pt. 11, Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal system : -- Introduction to the gastrointestinal system -- Drugs affecting gastrointestinal secretions -- Drugs affecting gastrointestinal motility -- Antiemetic agents. |
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Subject: | Pharmacology Nursing Pharmaceutical Preparations Drug Therapy Pharmacological Phenomena |
Genre: | Nurses' Instruction. |