Understanding Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-32003-4 (ISBN)
This book also includes the seldom addressed facet of pharmacotherapeutics; drug formulation as applied to practice, and adverse reactions. It informs on the medication used to manage diabetes mellitus, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal tract, the central nervous system and many other affections.
Uniting these essential pharmacological processes and applying them to physiological system based medications, this work highlights issues relevant to drug interaction and important nursing responsibilities associated with administration/prescribing. The overall aim of the text is to equip the nurse with an understanding of issues related to pharmacotherapeutics that is aligned to current nursing roles and statutory requirements.
Mrs Hood has had many years of clinical and academic experience. Her focus of clinical practice was perioperative nursing.Mrs Hood was a lecturer at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative care, King's College London from 1995 and undertook a range of teaching, managerial and academic roles until her retirement. Mrs Hood pioneered pharmacology education at the Faculty and from 1999 she and Dr Khan developed and promoted pharmacology education for nurses and midwives. Mrs Hood has published a range of papers and texts and was the editor of the Journal of Advanced Perioperative Care. Dr Khan, is a senior lecturer in nurse education at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative care, King's College London. His focus of clinical practice is cardiac nursing and he has a PhD in physiology. Dr Khan and Mrs Hood developed pre-registration and post-qualification pharmacology modules at the Faculty. Currently Dr Khan leads pharmacology education for nursing at the Faculty. Dr Khan has received a number of Teaching Excellence awards from King's College London and currently his research is centred upon pharmacology education in nursing curricula together with the use of technology enhanced learning in education. Dr Khan has published extensively in nursing and other healthcare journals.
01 Legal and ethical issues associated with medication.- 02 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.- 03 Drug Formulations.- 04 Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug Interactions.- 05 Pharmacology of pain.- 06 Antimicrobials.- 07 Medications used for the Cardiovascular system.- 08 Medications used for the Renal system.- 09 Medications used for Diabetes Melitus.- 10 Medications used for the Respiratory system.- 11 Medications used for the Gastro-intestinal system.- 12 Medications used for the Central nervous system.- 13 Medications used for Mental health illness.- 14 Medications used for Cancer.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.02.2020 |
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| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 411 p. 109 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 785 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Schlagworte | Medication Safety • nursing • Pharmacodynamics • Pharmacokinetics • pharmacology • pharmacotherapy • Safe Prescribing |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-32003-0 / 3030320030 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-32003-4 / 9783030320034 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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