Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses

by Barber, Paul; Robertson, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780335234042
• ISBN10: 0335234046
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This is a user-friendly introductory text for the pre-registration student, designed to captures their interest and motivate them to seek out further knowledge on the subject. Focusing on the

Author Biography

Paul Barber is a Registered Nurse (Mental health and Adult), Senior Lecturer and is module leader for the following modules at University of Chester School of Nursing: Key Skills; Principles of Pain Management; Perspectives in Pharmacology: The delivery of care in continuing care contexts. He is also Programme Leader for Post graduate certificate in Infection prevention and control and is a Practice/Education Facilitator for the School.

..Dr Deborah Robertson is Senior Lecturer at University of Chester School of Nursing, and is the Deputy Programme Leader Non Medical Prescribing. Her primary focus is pharmacology education pre and post registration and post graduate. Current research activity includes evaluation of non medical prescribing practice, participation in a North West Numeracy Consortium with the Strategic Health Authority to address issues of drug calculation in nursing. .

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
About the Authors	p. x
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics	p. 1
Learning Objectives	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Absorption	p. 2
Distribution	p. 4
Biotransformation	p. 4
Excretion	p. 5
General and molecular aspects	p. 5
Drug action	p. 6
Agonistic and antagonistic drug action	p. 7
Basic Introduction to units and conversions	p. 8
Case Studies	p. 10
Key learning points	p. 11
Calculations	p. 12
Multiple choice questions	p. 13
Recommended further reading	p. 14
Adverse drug reactions and interactions	p. 15
Learning Objectives	p. 15
Introduction	p. 16
Main Mechanisms of drug interactions	p. 16
Adverse drug reactions	p. 17
Clinical significance of drug interactions to the patient	p. 18
Major groups of drugs involved in adverse drug reactions	p. 18
Steps in minimizing the effects of adverse drug interactions	p. 19
Age-related adverse drug reactions	p. 19
Case studies	p. 21
Key learning points	p. 21
Multiple choice questions	p. 22
Recommend further reading	p. 24
Local anaethetics and analgesics	p. 25
Learning objectives	p. 25
Introduction	p. 26
Local anaesthetics	p. 31
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	p. 35
Opioid analgesics	p. 37
Opioid antagonists	p. 38
Case studies	p. 39
Key learning points	p. 40
Calculations	p. 41
Multiple choice questions	p. 42
Recommended further reading	p. 43
Antimicrobials	p. 45
Learning objectives	p. 46
Introduction	p. 46
Interferance with folate	p. 48
Beta-lactam antibiotics	p. 48
Interference with protein synthesis	p. 49
Inhibition of bacterial DNA	p. 51
Drugs used to treat tuberculosis	p. 52
Virai disease	p. 54
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)	p. 54
Other antiviral drugs	p. 56
Fungal infections	p. 58
Antifungal drugs	p. 59
Protozoa	p. 62
Case studies	p. 65
Key learning points	p. 65
Calculations	p. 68
Multiple choice questions	p. 69
Recommended further reading	p. 70
Anti-inflammatory drugs	p. 73
Learning objectives	p. 73
Introduction	p. 74
Non-steroidal anti-infalmmatory drugs	p. 76
Cyclo-oxgenase pathway 2 inhibitors	p. 77
Asprin	p. 77
Paracetamol	p. 78
Histamine	p. 78
Steroids	p. 79
Antirheumatoid drugs	p. 80
Case studies	p. 83
Key learning points	p. 83
Calculations	p. 85
Multiple choice questions	p. 86
Recommended further reading	p. 88
Anticoagulant therapy	p. 89
Learning objectives	p. 89
Introduction	p. 90
Blood clotting and the development of thrombosis	p. 91
Drugs that act on the clotting cascade	p. 91
Case study	p. 96
Key learning points	p. 96
Calculations	p. 97
Multiple choice questions	p. 98
Recommended further reading	p. 99
Drugs used in chronic conditions	p. 101
Learning objectives	p. 102
Introduction	p. 102
Asthma	p. 102
Drugs used in treating asthma	p. 103
Diabetes	p. 107
Medicine management of diabetes	p. 109
Hypertension	p. 114
Parkinson's disease	p. 118
Epilepsy	p. 120
Case studies	p. 124
Key learning points	p. 125
Calculations	p. 126
Multiple choice questions	p. 127
Recommended further reading	p. 129
Drugs used in mental health	p. 131
Learning objectives	p. 131
Introduction	p. 132
Anxiety	p. 132
Medicine and management of anxiety	p. 133
Depression	p. 135
Medicine management of depression	p. 137
Psychosis	p. 140
Case studies	p. 144
Key learning points	p. 144
Calculations	p. 146
Multiple choice questions	p. 147
Recommended further reading	p. 148
Patient concordance	p. 149
Learning objectives	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
Adherence, compliance and concordance	p. 150
Factors influencing effective medicine use and concordance	p. 150
Patient empowerment in chronic disease management	p. 152
Case studies	p. 155
Key learning points	p. 155
Calculations	p. 156
Multiple choice questions	p. 157
Recommended further reading	p. 158
Legal and Professional issues	p. 159
Learning objectives	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
The correct patient	p. 160
The correct medicine	p. 160
The correct dose	p. 160
The correct site and method of administration	p. 161
Covert administration of medicines	p. 162
Alteration of medicines	p. 162
Reporting of drug errors	p. 163
Controlled drugs	p. 163
Supply and administration of medicines	p. 164
Prescribing law and non-medical prescribing	p. 165
Case studies	p. 166
Key learning points	p. 167
Multiple choice questions	p. 169
Recommended further reading	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 171
Glossary	p. 173
Answers	p. 175
Index	p. 183
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