Focus On Nursing Pharmacology

by Karch, Amy M.

• ISBN13: 9780781753708
• ISBN10: 0781753708
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-22
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Now in its Third Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book methodically explains the rationale for each drug class's therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects, ensuring that students fully understand this important content.Each chapter includes drug summary tables (with dosages), Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes, all-inclusive nursing care guides based on a typical case study with critical thinking tips and patient teaching checklists. Each chapter ends with NCLEX-style questions and other questions to form a mini-study guide.New to this edition arePrototype Drugboxes with details on prototype drugs;Focus on the Evidenceboxes promoting evidence-based practice; mid-chapterFocus Pointssummaries of key content;Focus on Patient Safetyemphasizing the importance of delivering medications correctly to the patient; and increased pharmacokinetics information.A bound-in CD-ROM contains more than 700 patient teaching printouts, Canadian drug regulations, a free video on medication administration, additional NCLEX-style questions, and other learning tools.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction to Nursing Pharmacology	1	(68)
Introduction to Drugs	3	(14)
Drugs and the Body	17	(15)
Toxic Effects of Drugs	32	(10)
Nursing Management	42	(9)
Dosage Calculations	51	(9)
Drug Therapy in the 21st Century	60	(9)
Part II Chemotherapeutic Agents	69	(148)
Introduction to Cell Physiology	71	(9)
Anti-infective Agents	80	(9)
Antibiotics	89	(38)
Antiviral Agents	127	(20)
Antifungal Agents	147	(12)
Antiprotozoal Agents	159	(16)
Anthelmintic Agents	175	(11)
Antineoplastic Agents	186	(31)
Part III Drugs Acting on the Immune System	217	(60)
Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation	219	(12)
Anti-inflammatory Agents	231	(16)
Immune Modulators	247	(15)
Vaccines and Sera	262	(15)
Part IV Drugs Acting on the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems	277	(154)
Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System	279	(12)
Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents	291	(14)
Antidepressant Agents	305	(17)
Psychotherapeutic Agents	322	(17)
Antiepileptic Agents	339	(19)
Antiparkinsonism Agents	358	(13)
Muscle Relaxants	371	(14)
Narcotics and Antimigraine Agents	385	(20)
General and Local Anesthetic Agents	405	(15)
Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents	420	(11)
Part V Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System	431	(68)
Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System	433	(11)
Adrenergic Agents	444	(13)
Adrenergic Blocking Agents	457	(18)
Cholinergic Agents	475	(13)
Anticholinergic Agents	488	(11)
Part VI Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System	499	(78)
Introduction to the Endocrine System	501	(7)
Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents	508	(15)
Adrenocortical Agents	523	(14)
Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents	537	(20)
Antidiabetic Agents	557	(20)
Part VII Drugs Acting on the Reproductive System	577	(46)
Introduction to the Reproductive System	579	(9)
Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System	588	(22)
Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System	610	(13)
Part VIII Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System	623	(148)
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System	625	(14)
Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure	639	(24)
Cardiotonic Agents	663	(17)
Antiarrhythmic Agents	680	(19)
Antianginal Agents	699	(14)
Lipid-Lowering Agents	713	(18)
Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation	731	(23)
Drugs Used to Treat Anemias	754	(17)
Part IX Drugs Acting on the Renal System	771	(42)
Introduction to the Kidneys and the Urinary Tract	773	(9)
Diuretic Agents	782	(16)
Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder	798	(15)
Part X Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System	813	(52)
Introduction to the Respiratory System	815	(7)
Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract	822	(20)
Drugs Used to Treat Obstructive Pulmonary Disorders	842	(23)
Part XI Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal System	865	(80)
Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System	867	(8)
Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions	875	(18)
Laxative and Antidiarrheal Agents	893	(14)
Emetic and Antiemetic Agents	907	(38)
Appendices
A Parenteral Agents	919	(5)
B Topical Agents	924	(8)
C Ophthalmic Agents	932	(5)
D Vitamins	937	(3)
E Alternative and Complementary Therapies	940	(5)
Index	945