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KARCH’S FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY NINTH EDITION BY REBECCA TUCKER (AUTHOR) LATEST UPDATE.
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KARCH’S FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY NINTH EDITIONBY REBECCA TUCKER (AUTHOR) LATEST UPDATE.
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 01 - introduction to drugs 1
chapter 02 - drugs and the body 3
chapter 03 - toxic effects of drugs 20
chapter 04 - the nursing process in drug therapy and patient safety 37
chapter 05 - dosage calculations 54
chapter 06 - challenges to effective drug therapy 71
chapter 07 - introduction to cell physiology chapter 86
08 - anti-infective agents 103
chapter 09 - antibiotics chapter 120
10 - antiviral agents chapter 11 138
- antifungal agents 155
chapter 12 - antiprotozoal agents 172
chapter 13 - anthelmintic agents 188
chapter 14 - antineoplastic agents 204
chapter 15 - introduction to the immune response and inflammation 220
chapter 16 - anti-inflammatory, antiarthritis, and related agents chapter 237
17 - immune modulators 254
chapter 18 - vaccines and sera 270
chapter 19 - introduction to nerves and the nervous system 287
chapter 20 - anxiolytic and hypnotic agents 304
chapter 21 - antidepressant agents 320
chapter 22 - psychotherapeutic agents 337
chapter 23 - antiseizure agents chapter 354
24 - antiparkinsonism agents chapter 371
25 - muscle relaxants 388
chapter 26 - narcotics, narcotic antagonists, and antimigraine agents 404
chapter 27 - general and local anesthetic agents 420
chapter 28 - neuromuscular junction blocking agents chapter 436
29 - introduction to the autonomic nervous system chapter 30 453
- adrenergic agonists 470
chapter 31 - adrenergic antagonists 487
chapter 32 - cholinergic agonists 503
chapter 33 - anticholinergic agents 520
chapter 34 - introduction to the endocrine system 536
chapter 35 - hypothalamic and pituitary agents 553
chapter 36 - adrenocortical agents 569
chapter 37 - thyroid and parathyroid agents chapter 585
38 - agents to control blood glucose levels chapter 39 602
- introduction to the reproductive system 619
chapter 40 - drugs affecting the female reproductive system 636
chapter 41 - drugs affecting the male reproductive system 653
chapter 42 - introduction to the cardiovascular system chapter 669
43 - drugs affecting blood pressure 685
chapter 44 - agents for treating heart failure
702
chapter 45 - antiarrhythmic agents
719
chapter 46 - antianginal agents chapter
735
47 - lipid-lowering agents
752
chapter 48 - drugs affecting blood coagulation
768
chapter 49 - drugs used to treat anemias chapter
785
50 - introduction to the renal system
801
817
,chapter 51 - diuretic agents 833
chapter 52 - drugs affecting the urinary tract and the bladder 849
chapter 53 - introduction to the respiratory system 866
chapter 54 - drugs acting on the upper respiratory tract 883
chapter 55 - drugs acting on the lower respiratory tract 900
chapter 56 - introduction to the gastrointestinal system 917
chapter 57 - drugs affecting gastrointestinal secretions 933
chapter 58 - drugs affecting gastrointestinal motility chapter 949
59 - antiemetic agents 965
, chapter 01 - introduction to drugs
a nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(ct)
scan. the nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have
cancer. at the public health department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (mmr)
vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. which branch of pharmacology best
describes the actions of all three nurses?
pharmacoeconomics
pharmacotherapeutics
pharmacodynamics
pharmacokinetics
ans: b
feedback:
pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. nurses are involved with clinical
pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of
drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. the radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
diagnose a disease. the oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. pharmacodynamics involves how a
drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
a physician has ordered intramuscular (im) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor
pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. the nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.
under what category would morphine be classified?
schedule i
schedule ii
schedule iii
schedule iv
ans: b
feedback:
narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as schedule ii drugs because of severe dependence
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