Introducing Pharmacology

For Nursing and Healthcare Professionals
4. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-03-259855-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Introducing Pharmacology provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to pharmacology for nursing and healthcare students – and anyone needing to refresh their knowledge of this important area.

Fully updated, the fourth edition is clearly written and includes features throughout to help readers understand and absorb the knowledge they need. It includes:

• Clear explanations of how drugs work (and sometimes cause side-effects)
• The physiology and pathophysiology needed to understand how drugs work
• Extensive coverage of the drug groups that nurses and other healthcare
   professionals are likely to encounter in clinical practice
• ‘Test Yourself’ feature to help with understanding and learning
• ‘Beyond the Basics’ sections for those studying at a higher level
• Case-studies, relating pharmacological theory to clinical practice
• An extensive glossary of key terms and definitions

New to this edition:

• A new chapter on drug development and clinical trials
• New sections on pharmacogenomics and skin complaints
• Expanded coverage of pharmacokinetics and the effect of renal and hepatic 
  disease on drug metabolism
• Extended sections on viruses and vaccinations, heart failure, anticancer drugs and
  the management of post-menopausal symptoms
• Updated content that reflects latest guidelines and recently licensed drugs.

This textbook is an essential companion for nursing, midwifery students and other healthcare professions, as well as those on post-registration courses, studying to become independent prescribers.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fell, Patricia

McFadden, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Pharmakologie in der Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1  Principles of pharmacology

1. Let’s start at basics: cells and how they work                 

2. Proteins as targets for drugs

3. A drug’s journey through the body                                  

 

Part 2  The major drug groups

4. The cardiovascular system (1): Drugs for the management of cardiovascular disease                  

5. The cardiovascular system (2): Drugs for the management of hypertension and hypotension                         

6. Drugs for pain and inflammation                                              

7. Disorders and drugs of the digestive system                          

8. Infection and antimicrobial drugs                                             

9. Disorders and drugs of the respiratory system                     

10. Disorders and drugs of the endocrine system                     

11. Mental health and neurological disorders                             

12. Cancer and anti-cancer drugs                                                 

13. The development of new drugs

Über Autor(innen)

Roger McFadden, until his retirement was a senior lecturer in pharmacology in the Faculty of Health at  Birmingham City University (BCU). Roger spent many years teaching pharmacology to nurses and other health professionals. He helped develop BCU’s acclaimed Non-medical Prescribers course that has trained many hundreds of nurses to become independent prescribers.

Dr Patricia Fell is a former Associate Professor at Birmingham City University (BCU) where she taught pharmacology and physiology to healthcare students for over 20 years. Now semi-retired, she continues to teach on the Non-medical Prescribing course at BCU as a visiting lecturer.