Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety

Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons - such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts - to help you really understand how drugs work, instead of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN®. INDICE: Unit I: General Aspects of Pharmacology1. Drug Therapy: Roles, Regulations, Actions, and Responses2. Safely Preparing and Giving DrugsUnit II: Mathematics for Pharmacology and Dosage Calculation3. Mathematics Review and Introduction to Dosage Calculations4. Medical Systems of Weights and Measures5. Dosage Calculation of Intravenous Solutions and DrugsUnit III: Pharmacology for Multisystem Application6. Anti-Infectives: Antibacterial Drugs7. Anti-Infectives: Antiviral Drugs8. Anti-Infectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs9. Drugs for Pain Control, Migraines, and Skeletal Muscle Spasms10. General Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 11. Immunizations and Immunosuppressant DrugsUnit IV: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Circulatory and Cardiac Systems12. Drugs That Affect Urine Output13. Drug Therapy for Hypertension14. Drug Therapy for Heart Failure15. Drug Therapy for Dysrhythmias16. Drug Therapy for High Blood Lipids17. Drugs That Affect Blood ClottingUnit V: Drug Therapy for Respiratory System Problems18. Drug Therapy for Asthma and Other Respiratory ProblemsUnit VI: Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal System Problems19. Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Problems20. Drug Therapy for Gastric Ulcers, Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseUnit VII: Drug Therapy for Endocrine Problems21. Drug Therapy for Diabetes22. Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland ProblemsUnit VIII: Drug Therapy for Nervous System Problems23. Drug Therapy for Seizures24. Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases25. Drug Therapy for Psychiatric Problems26. Drug Therapy for Insomnia27. Drug Therapy for Eye ProblemsUnit IX: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Reproductive System28. Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive Problems29. Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive ProblemsAppendicesAppendix A: Answers to In-text Review QuestionsAppendix B: Medication Administration Skills (online only)Appendix C: Drug Therapy with Nutritional Supplements (online only)Appendix D: Anticancer Drugs (online only)Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-323-79350-6
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 12/04/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés