Full Description
Nurses! Test Yourself in Pharmacology is the essential self-test resource for student nurses studying pharmacology and preparing for exams. This book covers key pharmacology topics such as drug interactions and safe drug administration. There are over 300 questions in total, each with fully explained answers and 45 glossary terms. Each chapter includes drug summary diagrams as well as:
Multiple choice questionsTrue or false questionsLabelling exercises Fill in the blank questions Match the terms questions
Organised by different body systems, the book includes chapters on:
Integumentary system Musculoskeletal system Nervous system Endocrine system Cardiovascular system Respiratory system Digestive system Urinary system
Written by a lecturer at one of the UK's top nursing schools, this test book is designed to help you improve your results and tackle your exams with confidence!"This is an excellent book. I am happy to recommend this book to undergraduate nursing students, all students undertaking the Non-medical Independent and Supplementary prescribing programme as well as to prescribing practitioners."
Barbara V. Novak, Senior Lecturer and Education Lead for NM Independent and Supplementary Prescribing, City University, UK
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Pharmacology and Drug Administration
Chapter 2: Drugs Associated with Inflammation and Infection
Chapter 3: The Integumentary System
Chapter 4: The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 5: The Nervous System
Chapter 6: The Endocrine System
Chapter 7: The Circulatory System
Chapter 8: The Respiratory System
Chapter 9: The Digestive System
Chapter 10: The Urinary System
Chapter 11: Pharmacological Treatment of Cancer
Chapter 12: Drug Treatment in Children and Older Adults
Chapter 13: Drug Poisoning and its Treatment
Appendix 1 - Glossary and terms commonly used in nursing science and pharmacology
