Nursing Essentials: Drugs,
Edition 1
By Catrin Page, BSc, MB ChB
Publication Date:
19 Feb 2019
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
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
About the author
By Catrin Page, BSc, MB ChB, Doctor, General Medicine,UK
Table of Contents
1 Cardiovascular systemAntiarrhythmic drugsCardiac glycosidesCalcium channel blockersß-blockersAntihypertensives2 Blood/coagulation systemAnticoagulantsAntiplatelet drugsLipid-lowering agents3 Hormonal systemOral antidiabeticsInsulinsThyroid hormonesIodized salts4 Respiratory systemAntitussive agentsExpectorants5 Renal/urinary systemDiuretics6 Gastrointestinal systemAntiemetic agentsAntiulcerantsAntidiarrhoeal agentsLaxativesAntispasmodic (spasmolytic) agents7 Immune systemAntibioticsAntiviral agentsAntimycotic (antifungal) agentsAntiallergic agents8 Central nervous systemAnalgesicsHypnotic agentsAntidepressantsParkinson’s diseaseAnxiolytic agentsNeuroleptic agents
Book details
ISBN:
9780702077630
Page Count: 96
Retail Price
:
£11.99
Audience
Qualified nurses, prescribing nurses, nursing students
Very good coincise book for nursing and nursing associate students in terms of basic pharmacology. This book makes understanding drugs simple because it is very schematic.
Very good coincise book for nursing and nursing associate students in terms of basic pharmacology. This book makes understanding drugs simple because it is very schematic.