Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons — such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts — to help you really understand how drugs work, instead of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN®.
1. Introduction - p. iii 2. About the authors - p. iii 3. Reviewers - p. iii 4. Preface - p. iii 5. Acknowledgments - p. iii 6. Special features - p. iii 7. Contents - p. iii 8. Animations and Videos (on Evolve) - p. iii 9. Unit I: General Aspects of Pharmacology - p. iii 10. 1. Drug therapy: Roles, regulations, actions, and responses - p. iii 11. 2. Safely preparing and giving drugs - p. 25 12. Unit II: Mathematics for Pharmacology and Dosage Calculation - p. 44 13. 3. Mathematics review and introduction to dosage calculations - p. 45 14. 4. Medical systems of weights and measures - p. 65 15. 5. Dosage calculation of intravenous solutions and drugs - p. 78 16. Unit III: Pharmacology for Multisystem Application - p. 84 17. 6. Antiinfectives: Antibacterial drugs - p. 84 18. 7. Antiinfectives: Antiviral drugs - p. 107 19. 8. Antiinfectives: Antitubercular and antifungal drugs - p. 128 20. 9. Drugs for pain control, migraines, and skeletal muscle spasms - p. 146 21. 10. General antiinflammatory drugs - p. 166 22. 11. Immunizations and immunosuppressant drugs - p. 185 23. Unit IV: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Circulatory and Cardiac Systems - p. 207 24. 12. Drugs that affect urine output - p. 207 25. 13. Drug therapy for hypertension - p. 220 26. 14. Drug therapy for heart failure - p. 241 27. 15. Drug therapy for dysrhythmias - p. 263 28. 16. Drug therapy for high blood lipids - p. 285 29. 17. Drugs that affect blood clotting - p. 298 30. Unit V: Drug Therapy for Respiratory System Problems - p. 318 31. 18. Drug therapy for asthma and other respiratory problems - p. 318 32. Unit VI: Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal System Problems - p. 337 33. 19. Drug therapy for gastrointestinal problems - p. 337 34. 20. Drug therapy for gastric ulcers, reflux, and inflammatory bowel disease - p. 355 35. Unit VII: Drug Therapy for Endocrine Problems - p. 384 36. 21. Drug therapy for diabetes - p. 384 37. 22. Drug therapy for thyroid and adrenal gland problems - p. 406 38. Unit VIII: Drug Therapy for Nervous System Problems - p. 419 39. 23. Drug therapy for seizures - p. 419 40. 24. Drug therapy for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases - p. 439 41. 25. Drug therapy for psychiatric problems - p. 455 42. 26. Drug therapy for insomnia - p. 481 43. 27. Drug therapy for eye problems - p. 489 44. Unit IX: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Reproductive System - p. 507 45. 28. Drug therapy for male reproductive problems - p. 507 46. 29. Drug therapy for female reproductive problems - p. 519 47. Appendix A. Answers to in-text review questions - p. 533 48. Bibliography - p. 533 49. Index - p. 533 50. The Joint Commission’s official “do not use” list - p. 533
Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition uses a unique combination of simplified language, easy-to-follow headers, and engaging boxes and icons — such as Memory Joggers, Critical Points for Safety, Do Not Confuse, and Drug Alerts — to help you really understand how drugs work, instead of simply memorizing drug information. Updated drug tables with nursing implications ensure you are equipped with all the tools and information you need to safely prepare and administer drugs. Online case studies help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® and NCLEX-RN®.
1. Introduction - p. iii 2. About the authors - p. iii 3. Reviewers - p. iii 4. Preface - p. iii 5. Acknowledgments - p. iii 6. Special features - p. iii 7. Contents - p. iii 8. Animations and Videos (on Evolve) - p. iii 9. Unit I: General Aspects of Pharmacology - p. iii 10. 1. Drug therapy: Roles, regulations, actions, and responses - p. iii 11. 2. Safely preparing and giving drugs - p. 25 12. Unit II: Mathematics for Pharmacology and Dosage Calculation - p. 44 13. 3. Mathematics review and introduction to dosage calculations - p. 45 14. 4. Medical systems of weights and measures - p. 65 15. 5. Dosage calculation of intravenous solutions and drugs - p. 78 16. Unit III: Pharmacology for Multisystem Application - p. 84 17. 6. Antiinfectives: Antibacterial drugs - p. 84 18. 7. Antiinfectives: Antiviral drugs - p. 107 19. 8. Antiinfectives: Antitubercular and antifungal drugs - p. 128 20. 9. Drugs for pain control, migraines, and skeletal muscle spasms - p. 146 21. 10. General antiinflammatory drugs - p. 166 22. 11. Immunizations and immunosuppressant drugs - p. 185 23. Unit IV: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Circulatory and Cardiac Systems - p. 207 24. 12. Drugs that affect urine output - p. 207 25. 13. Drug therapy for hypertension - p. 220 26. 14. Drug therapy for heart failure - p. 241 27. 15. Drug therapy for dysrhythmias - p. 263 28. 16. Drug therapy for high blood lipids - p. 285 29. 17. Drugs that affect blood clotting - p. 298 30. Unit V: Drug Therapy for Respiratory System Problems - p. 318 31. 18. Drug therapy for asthma and other respiratory problems - p. 318 32. Unit VI: Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal System Problems - p. 337 33. 19. Drug therapy for gastrointestinal problems - p. 337 34. 20. Drug therapy for gastric ulcers, reflux, and inflammatory bowel disease - p. 355 35. Unit VII: Drug Therapy for Endocrine Problems - p. 384 36. 21. Drug therapy for diabetes - p. 384 37. 22. Drug therapy for thyroid and adrenal gland problems - p. 406 38. Unit VIII: Drug Therapy for Nervous System Problems - p. 419 39. 23. Drug therapy for seizures - p. 419 40. 24. Drug therapy for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases - p. 439 41. 25. Drug therapy for psychiatric problems - p. 455 42. 26. Drug therapy for insomnia - p. 481 43. 27. Drug therapy for eye problems - p. 489 44. Unit IX: Drug Therapy for Problems of the Reproductive System - p. 507 45. 28. Drug therapy for male reproductive problems - p. 507 46. 29. Drug therapy for female reproductive problems - p. 519 47. Appendix A. Answers to in-text review questions - p. 533 48. Bibliography - p. 533 49. Index - p. 533 50. The Joint Commission’s official “do not use” list - p. 533
