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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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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

  • 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

Qualified nurses, prescribing nurses, nursing students

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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 13, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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Catrin Page

Catrin Page is a Doctor, General Medicine, UK
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Doctor, General Medicine, UK