TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lehne,Richard A.
AU  - Moore,Linda A.
AU  - Crosby,Leanna J.
AU  - Hamilton,Diane B.
TI  - Pharmacology for nursing care
SN  - 0721671500
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Pharmacology
KW  - Nursing
KW  - nurses' instruction
KW  - Drug Therapy
N1  - Includes index; Contents

Unit I: Introduction
Orientation to pharmacology
Application of pharmacology in nursing practice
 Pharmacology and the nursing process
Drug legislation, development, names, and information

Unit II: Basic principles of pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics
Drug-drug and drug-food interactions
Adverse drug reactions
Individual variation in drug responses. 

Unit III: Drug therapy across the life span
Drug therapy pregnancy and breast feeding
Drug therapy in paediatric patients
Drug therapy in geriatric patients. 

Unit IV: Peripheral nervous system drugs
Introduction 
 Basic principles of neuropharmacology
Physiology of the peripheral nervous system

Cholinergic drugs
Muscarinic agonists and antagonists
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents
Adrenergic drugs 
Adrenergic agonists
Adrenergic antagonists
Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents. 

Unit V: Central nervous system drugs
Introduction 
Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology

Neurologic drugs 
Drugs for Parkinson's disease
Drugs for epilepsy
Drug therapy of muscle spasm and spasticity

Analgesics and anaesthetic 
Opioid (narcotic) analgesics
Local anaesthetics
General anaesthetics
Drugs for headache

Psychotherapeutic drugs 
Antipsychotic agents
Antidepressants
 Drugs for bipolar disorder
Benzodiazepines and other drugs for anxiety and insomnia
Central nervous system stimulants and their use in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Other psychologic disorders
Drug abuse – basic considerations, alcohol, opioids, depressants, stimulants, marijuana, psychedelics, inhalants, and nicotine. 

Unit VI:  drugs that affect fluid and electrolyte balance
Diuretics
Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids

Unit VII: cardiovascular drugs
Review of haemodynamics
Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system
Calcium channel blockers
Vasodilators
Drugs for hypertension
 Drugs for angina pectoris
Drugs for heart failure
Management of myocardial infarction
Antidysrthymic drugs
Prophylaxis of coronary artery disease - drugs used to lower cholesterol levels. 

Unit VIII: Drugs that affect the blood
Unit X: Anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and immuologic drugs
Unit XI: Repiratory tract drugs
Unit XII: Gastrointestinal drugs
Unit XIII: Metabolic drugs
Unit XV: Chemotherapy of parasitic diseases
Unit XVI: Cancer Chemotherapy
Unit XVII: Additional important drugs
Unit XVIII: Toxicology

Appendices
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