Description
This study guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition offers content review and a wide range of engaging activities and medication safety practice questions to help you master pharmacology concepts, learn drug safety, and practice dosage calculation.- A variety of learning activities, including matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, identification, and multiple-choice questions, plus crossword puzzles, help reinforce learning- Medication Safety Practice sections emphasize important safety concepts related to medication administration- Practice quizzes, comprised of multiple-choice and select-all-that-apply questions for the NCLEX®, assess students' knowledge of important chapter concepts to prepare them for the NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN® Examinations- Reader-friendly writing style and organization increases understanding for entry-level students- NEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX® in clinical chapters help students practice for the next generation licensure exam- Updated exercises cover newly approved pharmaceutical treatments and drugs
Table of Contents
1. Drug Therapy: Roles, Regulations, Actions, and Responses2. Safely Preparing and Giving Drugs3. Mathematics Review and Introduction to Dosage Calculations4. Medical Systems of Weights and Measures5. Dosage Calculation of Intravenous Solutions and Drugs6. Anti-Infectives: Antibacterial Drugs7. Anti-Infectives: Antiviral Drugs8. Anti-Infectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs9. Drugs for Pain Control, Migraines, and Skeletal Muscle Spasms10. General Anti-Inflammatory Drugs11. Immunizations and Immunosuppressant Drugs12. 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 Clotting18. Drug Therapy for Asthma and Other Respiratory Problems19. Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Problems20. Drug Therapy for Gastric Ulcers, Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease21. Drug Therapy for Diabetes22. Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland 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 Problems28. Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive Problems29. Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive Problems
