Focus on Nursing Pharmacology

1. UK Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-901831-01-6
Verlag: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Buch, Englisch, 1088 Seiten, Trade Paper, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 275 mm, Gewicht: 2374 g

Reihe: Incredibly Easy! Series

Fully adapted for the UK, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book explains the rationale for each drug class's therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, using the British National Formulary as its reference guide. Each chapter opens with learning objectives and ends with questions to reinforce learning. Illustrations, tables, side bars, and boxes summarize concepts and focus attention on critical thinking, patient safety, evidence-based practice, lifespan issues, patient teaching, and case study-based critical thinking exercises.
Focus on Nursing Pharmacology is organized following a "simple to complex" approach, and is divided into eleven parts:

Part I begins with an overview of basic nursing pharmacology. Each of the other parts begins with a review of the physiology of the system affected by the specific drugs being discussed. This review refreshes the information for the student and provides a quick and easy reference when reading about drug actions.
Part II explains most basic element of human physiology, the cell; providing students with the background information required to understand the mechanism of action of chemotherapeutic drugs described in the subsequent chapters.
Part III focuses on drugs affecting the immune system. Research knowledge in this area has expanded over recent years allowing pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs that target the immune system.
Parts IV and V of the text address drugs that affect the nervous system, the basic functioning system of the body. Following the nervous system, and closely linked with it in Part VI, is the endocrine system. The sequence of these parts introduces students to the concept of control, teaches them about the interrelatedness of these two systems, and prepares them for understanding many aspects of shared physiological function and the linking of the two systems into one: the neuroendocrine system.
Parts VII, VIII and IX discuss drugs affecting the reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems, respectively. The sequencing of cardiovascular and renal drugs is logical because most of the augmenting cardiovascular drugs (such as diuretics) affect the renal system.
Part X covers drugs that act on the respiratory system, a logical progression from the cardiovascular system.
Part XI addresses drugs acting on the gastrointestinal system. The gastrointestinal system stands alone; it does not share any actions with any other system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karch, Amy Morrison

Karch, Amy M.

Sheader, Elizabeth

Speake, Tracey

Griffiths, Caroline

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Introduction to Nursing Pharmacology, 1 - 1Introduction to Drugs
- 2Drugs and the Body
- 3Toxic Effects of Drugs
- 4Nursing Management,
- 5Dosage Calculations
- 6 Drug Therapy in the 21st Century

PART II: Chemotherapeutic Agents
- 7Introduction to Cell Physiology
- 8Anti-infective Agents
- 9Antibiotics
- 10Antiviral Agents
- 11Antifungal Agents
- 12Antiprotozoal Agents
- 13Anthelmintic Agents
- 14Antineoplastic Agents

PART III: Drugs Acting on the Immune System
- 15Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation
- 16Anti-inflammatory Agents
- 17Immune Modulators
- 18Vaccines and Sera
PART IV: Drugs Acting on the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
- 19Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System
- 20Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
- 21Antidepressant Agents
- 22Psychotherapeutic Agents
- 23Antiepileptic Agents
- 24Antiparkinsonism Agents
- 25Muscle Relaxants
- 26Narcotics and Antimigraine Agents
- 27General and Local Anesthetic Agents
- 28Neuromuscular Junction BlockingAgents

PART V: Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System
- 29Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System
- 30Adrenergic Agents
- 31Adrenergic Blocking Agents
- 32Cholinergic Agents
- 33Anticholinergic Agents

PART VI: Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System
- 34Introduction to the Endocrine System
- 35Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents
- 36Adrenocortical Agents
- 37Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
- 38Antidiabetic Agents

PART VII: Drugs Acting on the Reproductive System
- 39Introduction to the Reproductive System
- 40Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System
- 41Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System

PART VIII: Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System
- 42Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
- 43Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
- 44Cardiotonic Agents
- 45Antiarrhythmic Agents
- 46Antianginal Agents
- 47Lipid-Lowering Agents
- 48Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation
- 49Drugs Used to Treat Anemias

PART IX: Drugs Acting on the Renal System
- 50Introduction to the Kidneys and the Urinary Tract
- 51Diuretic Agents
- 52Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder

PART X: Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System
- 53Introduction to the Respiratory System
- 54Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract
- 55Drugs Used to Treat Obstructive Pulmonary Disorders

PART XI: Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal System
- 56Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System
- 57Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions
- 58Laxative and Antidiarrheal Agents
- 59Emetic and Antiemetic Agents

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