Study Guide for Basic Pharmacology for Nurses

✍ Scribed by Bruce D. Clayton, Michelle Willihnganz

• Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Edition: 16
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Master nursing pharmacology with this helpful study tool! Designed to accompany Clayton and Willihnganz’s Basic Pharmacology for Nurses, 16th Edition, this study guide assists you in understanding and applying material from each chapter in the text.

More than 1,000 review questions grouped by textbook chapter objective.Includes alternate format question types such as multiple response and priority order to give you practice with new question types found on the NCLEX-PN examClinical patient scenarios help you understand drug classifications and actions for selected disease states.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Study Guide for Basic Pharmacology for Nurses
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
To the Student
Chapter 1. Drug Definitions, Standards, and Information Sources
Chapter 2. Basic Principles of Drug Action and Drug Interactions
Chapter 3. Drug Action Across the Life Span
Chapter 4. The Nursing Process and Pharmacology
Chapter 5. Patient Education to Promote Health
Chapter 6. A Review of Arithmetic
Chapter 7. Principles of Medication Administration and Medication Safety
Chapter 8. Percutaneous Administration
Chapter 9. Enteral Administration
Chapter 10. Parenteral Administration: Safe Preparation of Parenteral Medications
Chapter 11. Parenteral Administration: Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Routes
Chapter 12. Parenteral Administration: Intravenous Route
Chapter 13. Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System
Chapter 14. Drugs Used for Sleep
Chapter 15. Drugs Used for Parkinson's Disease
Chapter 16. Drugs Used for Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 17. Drugs Used for Mood Disorders
Chapter 18. Drugs Used for Psychoses
Chapter 19. Drugs Used for Seizure Disorders
Chapter 20. Drugs Used for Pain Management
Chapter 21. Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 22. Drugs Used to Treat Dyslipidemias
Chapter 23. Drugs Used to Treat Hypertension
Chapter 24. Drugs Used to Treat Dysrhythmias
Chapter 25. Drugs Used to Treat Angina Pectoris
Chapter 26. Drugs Used to Treat Peripheral Vascular Disease
Chapter 27. Drugs Used to Treat Thromboembolic Disorders
Chapter 28. Drugs Used to Treat Heart Failure
Chapter 29. Drugs Used for Diuresis
Chapter 30. Drugs Used to Treat Upper Respiratory Disease
Chapter 31. Drugs Used to Treat Lower Respiratory Disease
Chapter 32. Drugs Used to Treat Oral Disorders
Chapter 33. Drugs Used to Treat Gastroesophageal Reflux and Peptic Ulcer Diseases
Chapter 34. Drugs Used to Treat Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 35. Drugs Used to Treat Constipation and Diarrhea
Chapter 36. Drugs Used to Treat Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 37. Drugs Used to Treat Thyroid Disease
Chapter 38. Corticosteroids
Chapter 39. Gonadal Hormones
Chapter 40. Drugs Used in Obstetrics
Chapter 41. Drugs Used in Men's and Women's Health
Chapter 42. Drugs Used to Treat Disorders of the Urinary System
Chapter 43. Drugs Used to Treat Glaucoma and Other Eye Disorders
Chapter 44. Drugs Used to Treat Cancer
Chapter 45. Drugs Used to Treat the Muscular System
Chapter 46. Antimicrobial Agents
Chapter 47. Nutrition
Chapter 48. Herbal and Dietary Supplement Therapy
Chapter 49. Substance Abuse
Chapter 50. Miscellaneous Agents

✦ Subjects

Pharmacology; Nursing Pharmacology