TY - BOOK ID - 8880643 TI - Further Essentials Of Pharmacology For Nurses AU - Barber, Paul AU - Parkes, Joy AU - Blundell, Diane PY - 2012 SN - 9780335243983 0335243983 1280378271 9786613556189 9781280378270 0335243975 9780335243976 0335243975 9780335243976 PB - Maidenhead McGraw-Hill Education DB - UniCat KW - Farmacologie ; verpleegkunde KW - Drugs. KW - Pharmacology. KW - Vaccines. KW - Biological Science Disciplines KW - Health Occupations KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Natural Science Disciplines KW - Pharmacology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology KW - Pharmaceutical arithmetic. KW - Nursing. KW - Clinical nursing KW - Nurses and nursing KW - Nursing process KW - Arithmetic, Pharmaceutical KW - Drug dosage calculation KW - Drug dosage calculations KW - Drugs KW - Pharmacy KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Dosage KW - Mathematics KW - Care of the sick KW - Medicine KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemicals KW - Chemotherapy KW - Physiological effect UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8880643 AB - Further Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses; Contents; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Cardiovascular drugs; Learning objectives; Introduction; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Lipid regulating drugs; Angina; Electrical conduction through the heart; Contraction of cardiac muscle; Drugs used in heart arrhythmias; Drugs that act on both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias; Drugs that act on ventricular arrhythmias; Drugs used in cardiac resuscitation; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; Case studies; Key learning points; Calculations; Multiple choice questions. Recommended further reading2. Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract; Learning objectives; Introduction; Helicobacter pylori; Drugs that inhibit/neutralize acid; Drugs that protect the mucosa of the stomach; Irritable bowel syndrome; Drugs affecting gut motility; Antispasmodics; Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disorders; Case studies; Key learning points; Calculations; Multiple choice questions; Recommended further reading; 3. Drugs used in the treatment of cancer; Learning objectives; Introduction; The cell cycle; Cancer; Cancer classification; Pharmacological cancer management. General side-effects of cytotoxic drugsExtravasation of cytotoxic therapy; Cytotoxic medication; Antimetabolites; Vinca alkaloids; Other drugs used in cancer treatment; Gonadorelin analogues; Steroid use in cancer treatment; Case studies; Key learning points; Calculations; Multiple choice questions; Recommended further reading; 4. Drugs used in the treatment of nausea and vomiting; Learning objectives; Introduction; The vomiting reflex; The causes of nausea andvomiting; Management of nausea andvomiting; Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy; Post-operative nausea andvomiting. Nausea and vomiting in cytotoxicchemotherapyMotion sickness; The inner ear; Mâeniáeres disease; Case studies; Key learning points; Calculations; Multiple choice questions; Recommended further reading; 5. Drugs used in anaesthesia; Learning objectives; Introduction; Modern anaesthesia; The three phases of a generalanaesthetic; Prior to anaesthesia; The triad of anaesthesia; Anaesthetic drugs; Intravenous anaesthetics (IV); Inhalation anaesthetic agents; Inhalational gases; Properties of inhalational agents influencing uptake; How anaesthetic drugs exert theireffects; Intra-operative analgesia. Adjuvant drugsMuscle relaxant drugs (NMBs); Reversal of non-depolarizing NMBs; The conduct of a general anaesthetic; Case studies; Key learning points; Multiple choice questions; Recommended further reading; 6. Vaccines; Learning objectives; Introduction; Types of vaccine; Routes of administration; Administration site; How vaccines work; Risk groups; Immunization in children; Bacillus Calmette-Guâerin; Case studies; Key learning points; Multiple choice questions; Recommended further reading; 7. Intravenous fluids and nutrition; Learning objectives; Introduction; Anatomy and physiology; Fluid. ER -