Pharmacology for Nursing Care - E-BookA favorite among nursing students, Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 8th Edition, features a uniquely engaging writing style, clear explanations, and unmatched clinical precision and currency to help you gain a solid understanding of key drugs and their implications -- as opposed to just memorization of certain facts. Compelling features such as a drug prototype approach, use of large and small print to distinguish need-to-know versus nice-to-know content, and a focus on major nursing implications save you study time by directing your attention on the most important, need-to-know information. The new edition also features an abundance of content updates to keep you ahead of the curve in school and in professional practice. UNIQUE! Engaging writing style with clear explanations makes content easy to grasp and even enjoyable to learn.A drug prototype approach uses one drug within each drug family to characterize all members of its group to help you learn about related drugs currently on the market and drugs that will be released once you begin practice. UNIQUE! Special Interest Topic boxes address timely issues in pharmacology and connect pharmacology content with current trends. Large print/small print design distinguishes essential "need-to-know" information from "nice-to-know" information. Limited discussion of adverse effects and drug interactions keeps your limited study time focused on only the most clinically important information. Reliance on up-to-date evidence-based clinical guidelines ensures that therapeutic uses are clinically relevant. Integrated and summarized nursing content demonstrates the vital interplay between drug therapy and nursing care. Coverage of dietary supplements and herbal interactions equips you to alert patients and caregivers to the potential dangers of certain dietary supplements, including interactions with prescribed and over-the-counter drugs and herbal therapies. Additional learning features provide a touchstone for study and review as you complete reading assignments and build a foundation of pharmacologic knowledge. |
Contents
1 Orientation to pharmacology | 1 |
2 Application of pharmacology in nursing practice | 5 |
3 Drug regulation development names and information | 15 |
4 Pharmacokinetics | 26 |
5 Pharmacodynamics | 48 |
6 Drug interactions | 59 |
7 Adverse drug reactions and medication errors | 67 |
8 Individual variation in drug responses | 79 |
60 Drugs for disorders of the adrenal cortex | 760 |
Basic pharmacology and noncontraceptive applications | 768 |
62 Birth control | 786 |
63 Drug therapy of infertility | 805 |
64 Drugs that affect uterine function | 813 |
65 Androgens | 824 |
66 Drugs for erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia | 834 |
67 Review of the immune system | 844 |
9 Drug therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding | 88 |
10 Drug therapy in pediatric patients | 95 |
11 Drug therapy in geriatric patients | 99 |
12 Basic principles of neuropharmacology | 103 |
13 Physiology of the peripheral nervous system | 109 |
Introduction to Cholinergic Drugs | 122 |
14 Muscarinic agonists and antagonists | 124 |
15 Cholinesterase inhibitors and their use in myasthenia gravis | 135 |
Neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents | 143 |
17 Adrenergic agonists | 152 |
18 Adrenergic antagonists | 165 |
19 Indirectacting antiadrenergic agents | 177 |
20 Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology | 182 |
21 Drugs for Parkinsons disease | 185 |
22 Alzheimers disease | 201 |
23 Drugs for multiple sclerosis | 211 |
24 Drugs for epilepsy | 227 |
25 Drugs for muscle spasm and spasticity | 252 |
26 Local anesthetics | 257 |
27 General anesthetics | 264 |
28 Opioid narcotic analgesics opioid antagonists and nonopioid centrally acting analgesics | 274 |
29 Pain management in patients with cancer | 300 |
30 Drugs for headache | 319 |
31 Antipsychotic agents and their use in schizophrenia | 332 |
32 Antidepressants | 354 |
33 Drugs for bipolar disorder | 380 |
34 Sedativehypnotic drugs | 390 |
35 Management of anxiety disorders | 406 |
36 Central nervous system stimulants and attentiondeficithyperactivity disorder | 416 |
Basic considerations | 430 |
Alcohol | 438 |
Nicotine and smoking | 450 |
Major drugs of abuse other than alcohol and nicotine | 458 |
41 Diuretics | 476 |
42 Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids | 488 |
43 Review of hemodynamics | 493 |
44 Drugs acting on the ReninAngiotensinAldosterone system | 500 |
45 Calcium channel blockers | 515 |
46 Vasodilators | 524 |
47 Drugs for hypertension | 529 |
48 Drugs for heart failure | 551 |
49 Antidysrhythmic drugs | 568 |
Drugs that help normalize cholesterol and triglyceride levels | 590 |
51 Drugs for angina pectoris | 617 |
52 Anticoagulant antiplatelet and thrombolytic drugs | 631 |
53 Management of STelevation myocardial infarction | 662 |
54 Drugs for hemophilia | 668 |
55 Drugs for deficiency anemias | 676 |
56 Hematopoietic agents | 691 |
57 Drugs for diabetes mellitus | 702 |
58 Drugs for thyroid disorders | 738 |
59 Drugs related to hypothalamic and pituitary function | 750 |
68 Childhood immunization | 855 |
69 Immunosuppressants | 874 |
70 Antihistamines | 881 |
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and acetaminophen | 889 |
72 Glucocorticoids in nonendocrine disorders | 909 |
73 Drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis | 919 |
74 Drug therapy of gout | 930 |
75 Drugs affecting calcium levels and bone mineralization | 935 |
76 Drugs for asthma | 958 |
77 Drugs for allergic rhinitis cough and colds | 977 |
78 Drugs for peptic ulcer disease | 985 |
79 Laxatives | 1001 |
80 Other gastrointestinal drugs | 1009 |
81 Vitamins | 1025 |
82 Drugs for weight loss | 1036 |
83 Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy | 1044 |
Penicillins | 1059 |
cephalosporins carbapenems vancomycin telavancin aztreonam teicoplanin and fosfomycin | 1070 |
tetracyclines macrolides and others | 1083 |
bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis | 1095 |
88 Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 1103 |
89 Drug therapy of urinary tract infections | 1111 |
Drugs for tuberculosis leprosy and complex infection | 1116 |
Fluoroquinolones metronidazole daptomycin rifampin rifaximin bacitracin and polymyxins | 1131 |
92 Antifungal agents | 1137 |
Drugs for nonHIV viral infections | 1150 |
Drugs for HIV infection and related opportunistic infections | 1170 |
95 Drug therapy of sexually transmitted diseases | 1218 |
96 Antiseptics and disinfectants | 1226 |
97 Anthelmintics | 1233 |
Antimalarial agents | 1238 |
Miscellaneous agents | 1246 |
100 Ectoparasiticides | 1252 |
101 Basic principles of cancer chemotherapy | 1257 |
Cytotoxic agents | 1271 |
Hormonal agents targeted drugs and other noncytotoxic anticancer drugs | 1288 |
104 Drugs for the eye | 1317 |
105 Drugs for the skin | 1328 |
106 Drugs for the ear | 1346 |
107 Miscellaneous noteworthy drugs | 1352 |
108 Dietary supplements | 1369 |
109 Management of poisoning | 1381 |
110 Potential weapons of biologic radiologic and chemical terrorism | 1387 |
Appendix A Adult immunization United States 2011 | 1397 |
Appendix B Guide to genderrelated drugs | 1401 |
Appendix C Commonly used abbreviations | 1402 |
Appendix D Canadian drug information | 1404 |
Appendix E Prototype drugs and their major uses | 1408 |
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Special interest topics | 1469 |