Description
Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons — such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts — to help you really understand how drugs work, instead of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN®.- Sections on "Priority Actions to Take Before," "Priority Actions to Take After," and "Teaching Priorities for Patients" emphasize important aspects of drug administration, monitoring, follow-up, and patient teaching- Life span considerations outline nursing implications for drugs used in children, older adults, and pregnant women- Math and dosage calculations review reinforces medication preparation safety- Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination! sections at the end of each chapter summarize key points and provide review questions that reinforce important concepts learned in the chapter- An array of marginal cartoon icons in Common Side Effects boxes help visual learners remember essential drug side effects- Drug Alert and Do Not Confuse boxes highlight areas of common drug/dosage errors.- Memory Jogger boxes help you retain important drug information- Try This! boxes in the math chapter allow you to practice dosage calculation concepts- NEW! Clinical Judgment questions at the end of each clinical chapter offer additional self-assessment on pharmacology and medication administration- NEW! Critical Point for Safety boxes emphasize very important pharmacologic concepts to remember- NEW! Approximately 40 animations on the companion Evolve website supplement important concepts related to understanding pharmacology- NEW! Printed answer key with rationales in the back of the book makes it easy to check your answers and assess your comprehension- UPDATED! Revised drug tables provide adult dosages and nursing implications for individual drugs
Table of Contents
UNIT I GENERAL ASPECTS OF PHARMACOLOGY1. Drug Therapy: Roles, Regulations, Actions,and Responses2. Safely Preparing and Giving DrugsUNIT II MATHEMATICS FOR PHARMACOLOGY AND DOSAGE CALCULATION3. Mathematics Review and Introduction to Dosage Calculations4. Medical Systems of Weights and Measures5. Dosage Calculation of Intravenous Solutions and DrugsUNIT III PHARMACOLOGY FOR MULTISYSTEM APPLICATION6. Antiinfectives: Antibacterial Drugs7. Antiinfectives: Antiviral Drugs8. Antiinfectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs9. Drugs for Pain Control, Migraines, and Skeletal Muscle Spasms10. General Antiinflammatory Drugs11. Immunizations and Immunosuppressant DrugsUNIT IV DRUG THERAPY FOR PROBLEMS OF THE CIRCULATORY AND CARDIAC SYSTEMS12. Drugs That Affect Urine Output13. Drug Therapy for Hypertension14. Drug Therapy for Heart Failure15. Drug Therapy for Dysrhythmias16. Drug Therapy for High Blood Lipids17. Drugs That Affect Blood ClottingUNIT V DRUG THERAPY FOR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PROBLEMS18. Drug Therapy for Asthma and Other Respiratory ProblemsUNIT VI DRUG THERAPY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS19. Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Problems20. Drug Therapy for Gastric Ulcers, Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseUNIT VII DRUG THERAPY FOR ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS21. Drug Therapy for Diabetes22. Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland ProblemsUNIT VIII DRUG THERAPY FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM PROBLEMS23. Drug Therapy for Seizures24. Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases25. Drug Therapy for Psychiatric Problems26. Drug Therapy for Insomnia27. Drug Therapy for Eye ProblemsUNIT IX DRUG THERAPY FOR PROBLEMS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM28. Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive Problems29. Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive Problems
