Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants
- 2nd Edition - November 11, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- Author: Karen Anderson
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 0 5 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 0 5 1 - 2
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Request a sales quoteGain the knowledge and skills you need to safely administer medications! Mosby's Textbook for Medication Assistants, 2nd Edition covers the principles and techniques of drug administration for common drugs and over-the-counter medications. It addresses topics such as basic pharmacology, the effect of drugs on body systems, delegation and lifespan considerations, ethics and laws, and math skills for accurate dosage calculation. Written by Karen Anderson, this text is a complete guide to the medication assistant’s role, function, and scope of practice.
- Step-by-step procedures are divided into manageable segments, with instructions for each skill.
- Clear, easy-to-read writing style makes it easy to understand what you’ve read.
- Documentation reporting and recording is discussed for each drug.
- Focus on Communication boxes suggest what to say and questions to ask when interacting with patients, residents, family, and nursing staff.
- Focus on Older Person boxes provide age-specific considerations when administering drugs to older patients.
- Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight safe guidelines for administering drugs.
- Delegation Guidelines call out the information the aide should obtain from the nurse and the care plan for delegated tasks.
- Chapter Review Questions at the end of each chapter help you evaluate your comprehension.
- Arithmetic Review in the appendix covers the basic math skills you need for calculating and checking medication dosages.
- Key Terms are defined at the beginning of each chapter to help you understand key terminology.
Students in Medication Assistant programs (over 750 programs, with an estimated annual enrollment of 30,000 [4 starts/year])
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the author
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Instructor preface
- Student preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- 1. The medication assistant
- State laws and agencies
- Professional boundaries
- Becoming an MA-C
- Work settings
- Job description
- Responsibilites and practice limits
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 2. Delegation
- Delegation principles
- Delegating to MA-Cs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 3. Ethics and laws
- Ethical aspects
- The person’s rights
- Advance directives
- Federal drug laws
- Torts and crimes
- Reporting abuse
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 4. Assisting with the nursing process
- The nursing process
- Assisting with assessment
- Communication
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 5. Body structure and function
- Cells, tissues, and organs
- The integumentary system
- The musculoskeletal system
- The nervous system
- The circulatory system
- The respiratory system
- The digestive system
- The urinary system
- The reproductive system
- The endocrine system
- The immune system
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 6. Infection prevention
- Infection
- Medical asepsis
- Isolation precautions
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- The bloodborne pathogen standard
- Exposure control plan
- Preventive measures
- Exposure incidents
- Stopping the spread of infection
- Epidemic and pandemic
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 7. Basic pharmacology
- Drug names
- Example of generic and brand names for drugs
- Drug classifications
- Basic principles
- Drug action
- Drug interactions
- Drug information
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 8. Life span considerations
- Drug absorption
- Drug distribution
- Drug metabolism
- Drug excretion
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 9. Drug orders and prescriptions
- Parts of a drug order
- Types of drug orders
- Ordering methods
- Abbreviations
- Weights and measurements
- Administration times
- Prescription labels
- The medical record
- The nurse’s role
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 10. Medication safety
- Drug distribution systems
- Storing drugs
- Disposing of drugs
- The six rights
- The self-administration of drugs
- Preventing drug errors
- Giving drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 11. Oral, sublingual, and buccal drugs
- Oral dose forms
- Equipment
- Giving oral drugs
- Sublingual and buccal drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 12. Topical drugs
- Topical dose forms
- Transdermal patch
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 13. Eye, ear, nose, and inhaled drugs
- Eye medications
- Ear medications
- Nose medications
- Inhaled medications
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 14. Vaginal and rectal drugs
- Vaginal drugs
- Rectal drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 15. Drugs affecting the nervous system
- Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system
- Sedative-hypnotic drugs
- Drugs used for parkinson’s disease
- Drugs used for alzheimer’s disease
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 16. Drugs used for mental health disorders
- Drugs used for anxiety disorders
- Other antianxiety agents
- Drugs used for mood disorders
- Assisting with the nursing process.
- Drug class: Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
- Drug class: Tricyclic antidepressants
- Other antidepressants
- Antimanic agents
- Drugs used for psychoses
- Drugs used for alcohol rehabilitation
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 17. Drugs used for seizure disorders
- Anticonvulsant therapy
- Other antiepileptic drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- Circle T
- 18. Drugs used to manage pain
- Pain management
- Addiction and drug tolerance
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 19. Drugs used to lower lipids
- Drug therapy for hyperlipidemia
- Other antilipemic drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 20. Drugs used to treat hypertension
- Drug therapy for hypertension
- Drug class: Diuretics
- Combination drugs
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 21. Drugs used to treat dysrhythmias
- Drug therapy for dysrhythmias
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 22. Drugs used to treat angina, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure
- Drug therapy for angina
- Drug therapy for peripheral vascular disease
- Drug therapy for heart failure
- Drug class: Digitalis glycosides
- Drug class: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
- Drug class: Angiotensin II receptor blockers
- Drug class: Beta-adrenergic blocking agents
- Drug class: Miscellaneous agent
- Assisting with the nursing process.
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 23. Drugs used for diuresis
- Drugs used for diuresis
- Review questions
- Circle the best
- 24. Drugs used to treat thromboembolic diseases
- Drug therapy for thromboembolic diseases
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 25. Drugs used to treat respiratory diseases
- Drug therapy for upper respiratory diseases
- Drug therapy for lower respiratory diseases
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 26. Drugs used to treat gastroesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer diseases
- Drug therapy for gastroesophogeal reflux disease and peptic ulcer diseases
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 27. Drugs used to treat nausea, vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea
- Drug therapy for nausea and vomiting
- Drug therapy for constipation and diarrhea
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 28. Drugs used to treat diabetes and thyroid diseases
- Drug therapy for diabetes
- Drug therapy for thyroid diseases
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 29. Corticosteroids and gonadal hormones
- Corticosteroids
- The gonads and gonadal hormones
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 30. Drugs used in men’s and women’s health
- Drug therapy for leukorrhea and genital infections
- Drugs used for contraception
- Drugs used in obstetrics
- Drug therapy for osteoporosis
- Drug therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Drug therapy for erectile dysfunction
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 31. Drugs used to treat urinary system disorders
- Drug therapy for urinary tract infections
- Drug therapy for overactive bladder
- Miscellaneous urinary agents
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 32. Drugs used to treat eye disorders
- Drug therapy for glaucoma
- Other ophthalmic agents
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 33. Drugs used in the treatment of cancer
- Drug therapy for cancer
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 34. Drugs affecting muscles and joints
- Drug therapy for muscle spasms
- Other muscle relaxants
- Drugs used to treat gout
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 35. Drugs used to treat infections
- Infection
- Antimicrobial agents
- Antitubercular agents
- Other antibiotics
- Topical antifungal agents
- Systemic antifungal agents
- Antiviral agents
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- 36. Nutrition and herbal and dietary supplement therapy
- Nutrition
- Herbal and dietary supplements
- Review questions
- Circle the best answer.
- Appendix A: A review of arithmetic
- Glossary
- Key abbreviations
- Index
- Inside back cover
- Edition: 2
- Published: November 11, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323790505
- eBook ISBN: 9780323790512
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Karen Anderson
Karen Anderson, MSN, RN, is an instructor in the RN program at San Diego State University. She has also been a contributor to deWit’s Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, Basic Geriatric Nursing, and Saunders Q &A Review for the NCLEX-PN.