Pharmacotherapeutics and Advanced Nursing Practice

by Eisenhauer, Laurel A.; Murphy, Margaret A.

• ISBN13: 9780071054850
• ISBN10: 0071054855
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

This book provides advanced practice nurses with the knowledge needed for the understanding and integration of pharmacology into their clinical judgement. The emphasis is on adult care, both what to prescribe and what to monitor in ambulatory and primary care settings. Content focuses on those areas not fully covered in basic nursing pharmacology textbooks, or which are scattered throughout the medical and nursing literature. In addition, the book utilizes nursing-oriented case studies -- both simple (selected patient data leading to selection of drug, dose, route) -- and complex (complete assessments to allow the integration of nursing, medical, and pharmacological knowledge) which reinforce comprehension and sharpen clinical skills.

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(2)
PREFACE	ix
Part 1 GENERAL INFORMATION	1	(168)
1 MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRIBING IN ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE	3	(34)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
2 PSYCHOSOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF DRUG THERAPY	37	(16)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
3 VARIATIONS IN PATIENT RESPONSES TO DRUG THERAPY: ROLE OF PHARMACODYNAMICS AND PHARMACOKINETICS	53	(28)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
4 PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND DRUG THERAPY	81	(28)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
5 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF DRUG THERAPY: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS, SIDE EFFECTS, AND INTERACTIONS	109	(34)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
6 DRUG THERAPY IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: ISSUES IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION	143	(10)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
7 CLINICAL ISSUES IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: DRUG THERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS	153	(16)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
Part 2 DRUG THERAPY ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS	169	(238)
8 IMMUNIZATIONS IN ADULTS	171	(26)
Patricia A. Stevenson
9 USE OF HORMONES IN CONTRACEPTION AND REPLACEMENT THERAPY	197	(28)
Margaret A. Murphy
10 DRUG THERAPY IN SIMPLE EPISODIC CONDITIONS	225	(20)
Constance F. O'Connor
11 PAIN MANAGEMENT	245	(14)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
12 DRUG THERAPY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES	259	(34)
Margaret A. Murphy
13 CARDIAC DRUG THERAPY IN AMBULATORY PATIENTS	293	(26)
Susan K. Chase
14 DRUG THERAPY IN PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE AND GERD	319	(8)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
15 STEROID DRUG THERAPY	327	(10)
Laurel A. Eisenbauer
16 PSYCHOTROPICS IN PRIMARY CARE	337	(38)
Judith A. Shindul-Rothschild
Anthony J. Rothschild
17 MANAGEMENT OF CHEMOTHERAPY SIDE EFFECTS	375	(32)
Gail Wilkes
Part 3 CASE STUDY APPLICATIONS	407	(42)
APPENDIXES	449	(12)
MedWatch Form	451	(2)
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	453	(8)
INDEX	461