Full Description
The 2nd edition of this textbook offers a complete review of the chapters to provide readers with up-to-date knowledge of the current nursing pharmacology practice. The focus of the book remains faithful to underpinning principles of safe medication practice and administration by providing a clinically useful understanding of pharmacokinetics, relating it to important clinical outcomes and adverse drug effects.
In line with changes in legal statutes, the chapter on legal and ethical issues associated with medication has been removed as this is now the remit of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Four new chapters were added, to appreciate the importance of the role of nursing pharmacology in health care, to highlight the future challenges of the profession, and to help address the rapidly changing area of anti-thrombotic care and anaesthetics.
This textbook will equip the nurse with an understanding of issues related to pharmacotherapeutics that are aligned with current nursing roles and statutory requirements.
Contents
Chapter 1 The Role of Nursing Pharmacology and its Importance.- Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.- Chapter 5 Pharmacology of Pain.- Chapter 6 Antimicrobials.- Chapter 7 Medications prescribed for the treatment of cardiovascular diseaseChapter.- 8 Medications Used for the Renal SystemChapter.- 9 Anti-thrombotic.- Chapter 10 Anaesthetics.- Chapter 11 Medications prescribed for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.- Chapter 12 Medications prescribed for the treatment of respiratory disease.- Chapter 13 Medications prescribed for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders.- Chapter 14 Medications prescribed for the treatment of central nervous system disorders.- Chapter 15 Medications prescribed for the treatment of mental ill health.- Chapter 16 Medications prescribed for the treatment of cancer.- Chapter 17 Challenges in Nursing Pharmacology.
