Core Concepts in Pharmacology
ISBN: 9780135077597 | 0135077591
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 3/30/2010
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This comprehensive, up-to-date text introduces pharmacology from an interdisciplinary perspective, illuminating core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and pathology that make drug therapy understandable to all nursing students. Organized around body systems and diseases, it clearly places each drug in context. Its focused nursing content includes easy-to-read flowcharts that illuminate assessment, diagnosis, planning, interventions, patient education, discharge planning, and evaluation. This edition contains new chapters on the nursing process a... MORE
UNIT I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN PHARMACOLOGY
1. Introduction to Pharmacology: Drug Regulation and Approval
2. Drug Classes, Schedules, and Categories &... MORE
3. Methods of Drug Administration
4. What Happens After a Drug Has Been Administered
5. The Nursing Process
6. Herbs and Dietary Supplements
7. Substance Abuse
UNIT 2. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
8. Drugs Affecting Functions of the Autonomic Nervous System
9. Drugs for Anxiety and Insomnia
10. Drugs for Emotional and Mood Disorders
11. Drugs for Psychoses
12. Drugs for Degenerative Diseases and Muscles
13. Drugs for Seizures
14. Drugs for Pain Control
15. Drugs for Anesthesia
UNIT 3. THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND URINARY SYSTEMS
16. Drugs for Lipid Disorders
17. Drugs for Hypertension
18. Drugs for Heart Failure
19. Drugs for Dysrhythmias
20. Drugs for Coagulation Disorders
21. Drugs for Angina Pectoris, Myocardial Infarction, and Cerebrovascular Accident
22. Drugs for Shock and Anaphylaxis
23. Drugs for Fluid, Acid-Base, and Electrolyte Disorders
UNIT 4. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
24. Drugs for Inflammation, Allergies, and Immune Disorders
25. Drugs for Bacterial Infections
26. Drugs for Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Diseases
27. Drugs for Neoplasia
UNIT 5. THE RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS
28. Drugs for Pulmonary Disorders
29. Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders
30. Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutritional Supplements
UNIT 6. THE ENDOCRINE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
31. Drugs for Endocrine Disorders
32. Drugs for Disorders and Conditions of the Reproductive System
UNIT 7. THE SKELETAL SYSTEM, INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM, AND EYES AND EARS
33. Drugs for Bone, and Joint Disorders
34. Drugs for Skin Disorders
35. Drugs for Eye and Ear Disorders
Appendix A. References
Appendix B. Answers to NCLEX-PN and Case Study Questions
Appendix C. Top 100 Drugs
Glossary
Index
