Main description:

Now in its second edition, Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! contains everything the nurse needs to review and the nursing student needs to learn about how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class; reviews the nursing process related to each drug category for all body systems, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs, and cancer drugs; and highlights potentially dangerous interactions, including drug-herb interactions. It does all of this in the award-winning, light-hearted Incredibly Easy! style that makes intimidating concepts thoroughly approachable.

Contents:

Contributors and Consultants Foreword Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology Chapter 2: Autonomic Nervous System Drugs Chapter 3: Neurologic and Neuromuscular Drugs Chapter 4: Pain Medications Chapter 5: Cardiovascular Drugs Chapter 6: Respiratory Drugs Chapter 7: Gastrointestinal Drugs Chapter 8: Genitourinary Drugs Chapter 9: Hematologic Drugs Chapter 10: Endocrine Drugs Chapter 11: Psychotropic Drugs Chapter 12: Anti-infective Drugs Chapter 13: Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulating Drugs Chapter 14: Antineoplastic Drugs Chapter 15: Drugs for Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances Appendices Glossary Common Herbal Preparations and Their Drug Interactions Ophthalmic, Otic, and Dermatologic Drugs Abbreviations to Avoid Vaccines and Treatments for Biological Weapons Exposure Treatments and Antidotes for Chemical Weapons Exposure Selected References Index