Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-09-13
Publisher(s): LWW
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Summary

Pharmacology is a challenging topic and can be overwhelming to nursing students in today's rapidly changing health service. Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! explains difficult and complex concepts in a clear, concise and interesting language, making the information easy to learn and, most importantly, to remember. The texts covers fundamentals of pharmacology, including where drugs come from and how they are classified and administered, drugs by pharmacologic class for all body systems, plus pain medications, and coverage of potentially dangerous drug interactions. Each aspect of how the body processes a drug and the subsequent actions of that drug on the body are discussed in detail, and many are illustrated for clarity. The text is organised by body system, and illustrated with numerous features to help the learner understand.

Table of Contents

Fundamentals of nursing pharmacology
Autonomic nervous system drugs
Neurologic and neuromuscular drugs
Pain medications
Cardiovascular drugs
Respiratory drugs
Gastrointestinal drugs
Endocrine drugs
Psychotropic drugs
Anti-infective drugs
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Antineoplastic drugs
GlossaryOphthalmic and dermatologic drugs
Abbreviations to avoid
Selected references
Index
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