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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463999503321

Titolo

Nursing pharmacology made incredibly easy!

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4511-7901-4

1-4511-7920-0

1-4698-8054-7

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (736 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Incredibly Easy! Series®

Disciplina

615/.1

Soggetti

Chemotherapy

Pharmacology

Nursing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fundamentals of nursing pharmacology -- Autonomic nervous system drugs -- Neurologic and neuromuscular drugs -- Pain medications -- Cardiovascular drugs -- Respiratory drugs -- Gastrointestinal drugs -- Genitourinary drugs -- Hematologic drugs -- Endocrine drugs -- Psychotropic drugs -- Anti-infective drugs -- Anti-inflammatory, antiallergy,and immunosuppressant drugs -- Antineoplastic drugs -- Drugs for fluid and electrolyte balance.

Sommario/riassunto

Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy, 3rd Edition, provides the nursing student and practicing nurse with information 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, lighthearted Incredibly Easy! style that makes intimidating concepts thoroughly approachable.