Drug therapy in nursing / Diane S. Aschenbrenner, Samantha J. Venable.
Publication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxx, 1217 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0781748399
- 9780781748391
- WB 330 A813d 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Unit 1: Foundations for drug therapy in nursing
Chapter 1: Nursing Management of Drug Therapy
Chapter 2: Pharmaceuticals: Development, Safeguards, and Delivery
Chapter 3: Drug Administration
Unit 2: Core Drug knowledge
Chapter 4: Pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 5: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
Unit 3: Core patient variables
Chapter 6: Life Span: Children
Chapter 7: Life Span: Pregnant or Breast-Feeding Women
Chapter 8: Life Span: Older Adults
Chapter 9: Lifestyle: Substance Abuse
Chapter 10: Lifestyle, Diet, and Habits: Nutrition and Complementary Medications
Chapter 11: Environment: Influences on Drug Therapy
Chapter 12: Culture: Considerations in Drug Therapy
Unit 4: Peripheral nervous system drugs
Chapter 13: Drugs Affecting Adrenergic Function
Chapter 14: Drugs Affecting Cholinergic Function
Unit 5: Central Nervous System Drugs
Chapter 15: Drugs Producing Anesthesia and Neuromuscular Blocking
Chapter 16: Drugs That Are Sedatives Hypnotics and Anxiolytics
Chapter 17: Drugs Treating Mood Disorders
Chapter 18: Drugs for Treating Thought Disorders
Chapter 19: Drugs Treating Seizure Disorders
Chapter 20: Drugs Affecting Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
Chapter 21: Drugs Treating Parkinson Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Chapter 22: Drugs Stimulating the Central Nervous System
Unit 6: Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs
Chapter 23: Drugs treating severe pain
Chapter 24: Drugs treating mild to moderate pain, fever, inflammation, and migraine headache
Chapter 25: Drugs Treating Arthritis and Gout
Unit 7: CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL SYSTEM DRUGS
Chapter 26: Drugs Affecting Cardiac Rhythm
Chapter 27: Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
Chapter 28: Drugs treating congestive heart failure
Chapter 29: Drugs Treating Angina
Chapter 30: Drugs affecting lipid levels
Chapter 31: Drugs affecting coagulation
Chapter 32: Drugs Affecting Urinary output
Unit 8: Hematopoietic and immune system drugs
Chapter 33: Drugs Affecting Hematopoiesis
Chapter 34: Drugs Affecting the Immune Response
Unit 9: Antineoplastic drugs
Chapter 35: Drugs that are cell cycle-specific
Chapter 36: Drugs that are cell cycle-Nonspecific
Unit 10: Antimicrobial drugs
Chapter 37: Principles of antibiotic therapy / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 38: Antibiotics affecting the bacterial cell wall / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 39: Antibiotics affecting protein synthesis / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 40: Drugs that are miscellaneous antibiotics / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 41: Drugs treating urinary tract infections / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 42: Drugs treating mycobacterial infections / Samantha J. Venable Drugs treating viral and fungal diseases / Samantha J. Venable -
Chapter 43: Drugs treating HIV infection and AIDS / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 44: Drugs treating parasitic infections / Samantha J. Venable
Unit 11: Respiratory System drugs
Chapter 45: Drugs affecting the upper system / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 46: Drugs affecting the lower system / Samantha J. Venable
Unit 12: Gastrointestinal system Drugs
Chapter 47: Drugs affecting the upper gastrointestinal tract / Kathie Judy Guth --
Chapter 48: Drugs affecting the lower gastrointestinal tract / Diane S. Aschenbrenner
Unit 13: Endocrine system drugs
Chapter 49: Drugs affecting pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and hypothalamic function / Joyce Vazzano --
Chapter 50: Drugs affecting corticosteroid levels / Samantha J. Venable --
Chapter 51: Drugs affecting blood glucose levels / Andrew Benson and Diane S. Aschenbrenner --
Chapter 52: Drugs affecting men's health and sexuality / Shari Lynn and Diane S. Aschenbrenner --
Chapter 53: Drugs affecting women's health and sexuality / Diane S. Aschenbrenner --
Chapter 54: Drugs affecting uterine motility / Diane S. Aschenbrenner.
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