Drugs and Pharmacology for Nurses
- 13th Edition - October 13, 1999
- Latest edition
- Author: S. J. Hopkins
- Language: English
A lucid, clearly written guide to the actions and clinical applications of a very wide range of drugs in common use. It includes appendices on drug reactions, weights and measures,… Read more
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Description
Description
A lucid, clearly written guide to the actions and clinical applications of a very wide range of drugs in common use. It includes appendices on drug reactions, weights and measures, abbreviations, approved and brand names of drugs and a detailed glossary.
Readership
Readership
Pre and post registration nurses
Table of contents
Table of contents
Note on Drug Dosages and Nurse Prescribing. Introduction. Sedatives, Hypnotics and Anaesthetics. Tranquillizers, Antidepressants, Anticonvulsants and Stimulants. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics and Antagonists, Non-Narcotic Analgesics, Antimigraine Drugs. Antibiotics and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents. Cardiovascular Drugs and Blood-Lipid Lowering Agents. Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Other Muscle Relaxants. The Chemotherapyof Malignant Disease. Anticoagulants and Haemostatics. Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract. Drugs Acting on the Urinary System. Hormones and the Endocrine System. Insulin and Other Hypoglycaemic Agents. Antirheumatic and Uricosuric Agents. AllergyAntihistamines and Associated Drugs. Wound Dressings
Review quotes
Review quotes
"A brief but concise revision of related physiology leads to comprehensive pharmacological listing, effects and dosages. At whatever stage of learning a person might be, I would anticipate there will be something in this book for them.
" A. Jenkin, Accident and Emergency Nursing, Vol. 8, August 2000
" A. Jenkin, Accident and Emergency Nursing, Vol. 8, August 2000
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 13
- Latest edition
- Published: December 31, 1999
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
SH
S. J. Hopkins
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Pharmacologist, Honorary Consultant Pharmacist, Adenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK