Full Description
Intended for LPN/LVN nursing students, this book provides a clear and concise introduction to the basics of pharmacology and its implications and applications to nursing practice. The drug chapters are ordered by drug classification rather than body system, and the learning objectives outlined at the beginning of the chapters. Each drug class is discussed in terms of its actions, uses, adverse reactions, and nursing process. An expanded nursing process section discusses nursing considerations applicable to the administration of specific classes or types of drug - assessment, diagnoses, planning and implementation, and evaluation. Summary drug tables in each chapter list generic and trade drug names, uses, adverse reactions and usual dosage ranges.
Contents
A review of arithmetic and calculation of drug dosages; the administration of medications; general principles of pharmacology; the nursing process and the administration of pharmacologic agents; patient and family teaching; adrenergic drugs; adrenergic blocking agents; cholinergic drugs; cholinergic blocking drugs; the narcotic analgesics and the narcotic antagonists; the non-narcotic analgesics; sedatives and hypnotics; substance abuse; the cardiotonics and antiarrhythmic drugs; anticoagulent and thrombolytic drugs; antianginal agents and peripheral vasodilating drugs; the management of body fluids; diuretics and antihypertensive drugs; the sulfonamides; the penicilins and cephalosporins; the broad-spectrum antibiotics and antifungal agents; antitubercular and leprostatic agents; drugs used in the treatment of parasitic infections; miscellaneous anti-infective drugs; pituitary and adrenal cortical hormones; male and female hormones; thyroid and antithyroid drugs; drugs acting on the uterus; antineoplastic drugs; anticonvulsant drugs; antiparkinsonism drugs; psychotherapeutic drugs; drugs used for allergic and respiratory disorders; drugs used in the management of gastrointestinal disorders; antiemetic and antivertigo drugs; heavy metal compounds and heavy metal antagonists; vitamins - drugs used in the treatment of anaemia; immunologic agents; anaesthetic agents; drugs used in the management of musculoskeletal disorders. Appendices - list of abbreviations; glossary; metric-apothecaray equivalents and conversions; body surface area nomograms.
