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By
Ann Richards, BA(HONS), MSC, RGN, DIPN(LON), RNT, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing & Paramedic Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Included in series
A Nurse's Survival Guide,
Audience
All nurses in practice: both qualified and student nurses, as well as those taking Supplementary Prescribing Courses.
Contents
SECTION 1 Principles of Pharmacology
1.1 Introduction to pharmacology
1.2 The law, drugs, prescribing and medicines
management
1.3 Formulation and administration
1.4 Pharmacokinetics
1.5 Pharmacodynamics
1.6 Adverse drug
reactions
SECTION 2 Autonomic Nervous System
2.1 Autonomic nervous system - overview
2.2 Adrenergic
pharmacology
2.3 Cholinergic pharmacology
SECTION 3 Pain, analgesia and anaesthesia
3.1 Pain, analgesia
and anaesthesia - overview
3.2 Opioid analgesia
3.3 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol
3.4 Anaesthesia
SECTION 4 Central Nervous System
4.1 Central nervous system - overview
4.2 Chemical transmission in the
brain
4.3 Epilepsy
4.4 Antipsychotics
4.5 Antidepressants and mood stabilisers
4.6 Anxiolytics and
hypnotics
4.7 Neurodegenerative disorders
SECTION 5 Cardiovascular System
5.1 Cardiovascular system -
overview
5.2 Hypertension
5.3 Atherosclerosis and lipid-lowering drugs
5.4 Ischaemic heart disease
5.5 Cardiac arrhythmias
5.6 Cardiac failure
5.7 Antithrombotics
SECTION 6 Respiratory,
renal and gastrointestinal systems
6.1 Respiratory system
6.2 Renal system and diuretics
6.3 Gastrointestinal
tract
SECTION 7 Endocrine System
7.1 Endocrine pancreas and diabetes mellitus
7.2 Pituitary gland
and adrenal cortex
7.3 Disorders of bone and bone metabolism
7.4 Sex hormones
7.5 Pregnancy
SECTION 8 Chemotherapy
8.1 Cancer chemotherapy
8.2 Antimicrobial drugs
SECTION 9
Other areas of pharmacology
9.1 Herbal medicines
9.2 Paediatric pharmacology
9.3 Drugs and the elderly
9.4 Topical drugs
9.5 Emergency treatment of poisoning
References
Further reading
Appendix: drug measurement and calculation
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 464 pages, publication date: APR-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10217-2
ISBN-10: 0-443-10217-1
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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