Study guide [for] Lehne's Pharmacology for nursing care, ninth edition. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer J. Yeager.
• Authors: Yeager, Jennifer J
• Other Names: Lehne, Richard A, 1943-
• Contents: 1. Orientation to Pharmacology; 2. Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice; 3. Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information; 4. Pharmacokinetics; 5. Pharmacodynamics; 6. Drug Interactions; 7. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors; 8. Individual Variation in Drug Responses; 9. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding; 10. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients; 11. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients; 12. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology; 13. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System; 14. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists; 15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis; 16. Drugs That Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Ganglionic Blocking Agents; 17. Adrenergic Agonists; 18. Adrenergic Antagonists; 19. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents; 20. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology; 21. Drugs for Parkinson's Disease; 22. Alzheimer's Disease; 23. Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis; 24. Drugs for Epilepsy; 25. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity; 26. Local Anesthetics; 27. General Anesthetics; 28. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics; 29. Pain Management in Patients with Cancer; 30. Drugs for Headache; 31. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia; 32. Antidepressants; 33. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder; 34. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs; 35. Management of Anxiety Disorders; 36. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; 37. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations; 38. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol; 39. Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking; 40. Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine; 41. Diuretics; 42. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids; 43. Review of Hemodynamics; 44. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System; 45. Calcium Channel Blockers; 46. Vasodilators; 47. Drugs for Hypertension; 48. Drugs for Heart Failure; 49. Antidysrhythmic Drugs; 50. Prophylaxis of Coronary Heart Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels; 51. Drugs for Angina Pectoris; 52. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs; 53. Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 54. Drugs for Hemophilia; 55. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias; 56. Hematopoietic Agents; 57. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus; 58. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders; 59. Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function; 60. Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex; 61. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications; 62. Birth Control; 63. Drug Therapy of Infertility; 64. Drugs That Affect Uterine Function; 65. Androgens; 66. Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; 67. Review of the Immune System; 68. Childhood Immunization; 69. Immunosuppressants; 70. Antihistamines; 71. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen; 72. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Diseases; 73. Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis; 74. Drug Therapy of Gout; 75. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization; 76. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; 77. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds; 78. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease; 79. Laxatives; 80. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs; 81. Vitamins; 82. Drugs for Weight Loss; 83. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy; 84. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins; 85. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Vancomycin, Telavancin, Aztreonam, Teicoplanin and Fosfomycin; 86. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, and Others; 87. Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis; 88. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim; 89. Drugs Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections; 90. Antimycobacterial Agents: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection; 91. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs: Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Rifampin, Rifaximin, Bacitracin, and Polymyxins; 92. Antifungal Agents; 93. Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections; 94. Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections; 95. Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases; 96. Antiseptics and Disinfectants; 96. Anthelmintics; 98. Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents; 99. Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents; 100. Ectoparasiticides; 101. Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy; 102. Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents; 103. Anticancer Drugs II: Hormonal Agents, Targeted Drugs, and Other Noncytotoxic Anticancer Drugs; 104. Drugs for the Eye; 105. Drugs for the Skin; 106. Drugs for the Ear; 107. Miscellaneous Noteworthy Drugs; 108. Dietary Supplements; 109. Management of Poisoning; 110. Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism; Answer Key
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 615.1076; Pharmacology -- Examinations -- Study guides; Nursing -- Examinations -- Study guides
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323370004; 0323370004
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