Nursing Essentials: Drugs
- 1st Edition - December 13, 2018
- Latest edition
- Author: Catrin Page
- Language: English
Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs? Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs sim… Read more
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Description
Description
Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs?
Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs simple.
Reduced to the essentials, clearly arranged with tables and schematics, each page concisely provides the required knowledge.
Key Features:
- Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work
- Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables
- Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK
- Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation
Key features
Key features
- Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work
- Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables
- Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK
- Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation
Readership
Readership
Qualified nurses, prescribing nurses, nursing students
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 Cardiovascular system
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Cardiac glycosides
Calcium channel blockersβ-blockers
Antihypertensives
2 Blood/coagulation system
Anticoagulants
Antiplatelet drugs
Lipid-lowering agents
3 Hormonal system
Oral antidiabeticsInsulins
Thyroid hormonesIodized salts
4 Respiratory system
Antitussive agentsExpectorants
5 Renal/urinary system
Diuretics
6 Gastrointestinal systemAntiemetic agents
Antiulcerants
Antidiarrhoeal agents
Laxatives
Antispasmodic (spasmolytic) agents
7 Immune system
Antibiotics
Antiviral agents
Antimycotic (antifungal) agents
Antiallergic agents
8 Central nervous system
Analgesics
Hypnotic agents
Antidepressants
Parkinson’s disease
Anxiolytic agents
Neuroleptic agents
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Cardiac glycosides
Calcium channel blockersβ-blockers
Antihypertensives
2 Blood/coagulation system
Anticoagulants
Antiplatelet drugs
Lipid-lowering agents
3 Hormonal system
Oral antidiabeticsInsulins
Thyroid hormonesIodized salts
4 Respiratory system
Antitussive agentsExpectorants
5 Renal/urinary system
Diuretics
6 Gastrointestinal systemAntiemetic agents
Antiulcerants
Antidiarrhoeal agents
Laxatives
Antispasmodic (spasmolytic) agents
7 Immune system
Antibiotics
Antiviral agents
Antimycotic (antifungal) agents
Antiallergic agents
8 Central nervous system
Analgesics
Hypnotic agents
Antidepressants
Parkinson’s disease
Anxiolytic agents
Neuroleptic agents
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 13, 2018
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
CP
Catrin Page
Catrin Page is a Doctor, General Medicine, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Doctor, General Medicine, UK