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Trounce's clinical pharmacology for nurses.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.Edition: 17th ed. / Ben Greenstein /nursing adviser, Dinah Gould /foreword by John TrounceDescription: xxvii, 459 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780443072086 (pbk.) :
  • 0443072086 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Clinical pharmacology for nurses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.1024613 GRE
LOC classification:
  • RM301.28
Contents:
1.The use of pharmaceuticals -- 2.The role of nurses in drug administration -- 3.Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- 4.The autonomic nervous system, asthma, 5-hydroxytryptamine and migrane -- 5.Drugs acting on the heart -- 6.Drugs use for blood pressure -- 7.Atheroma and throbosis: anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents -- 8.Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- 9.Emetics and anti-emetics, cough remedies, respiratory stimulants -- 10.Narcotic analgesics -- 11.Anti-inflammatory drugs: treatment of arthritis and gout -- 12.Drugs affecting the kidney and renal function -- 13.Endocrine system 1.The hypothalamus-pituitary axis -- 14.Endocrine system II.Hormones and metabolism: thyroid, parathyroid glands, calcitonin and osteoporosis -- 15.Endocrine system III.Hormones and metabolism: insulin, diabetes mellitus and obesity -- 16.Endocrine system IV.Hormones and metabolism: the adrenal glands -- 17.Endocrine system V.Hormones and reproduction -- 18.CNS 1.General anaesthesia, local anaesthetics and resuscitation -- 19.CNS 2.Epilepsy and Parkinson\'s disease -- 20.CNS 3.Antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics -- 21.CNS 4.Antidepressants and dementias -- 22.CNS 5.Drug dependence (drug addiction) -- 23.Antibacterial drugs -- 24.Antifungal and antiviral agents: treatment of HIV disease -- 25.Sera and vaccines -- 26.Drugs use in the treatment of malignant disease -- 27.Treatment of tropical and imported diseases; anthelmintics -- 28.Drugs and the eye -- 29.Application of drugs to the skin, nose and earts -- 30.Vitamins, iron and treatment of anaemia -- 31.Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age -- 32.Adverse reactions to drugs, testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance -- 33.Disinfectants and insecticides -- 34.Poisoning and its treatment -- 35.Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and homoeopathy.
Summary: Nurses play an important part in the administration of drugs and in recording their effects, so an understanding of pharmacology and its application to patient care is an integral part of nurses' training. This updated edition includes developments in clinical pharmacology and current trends in practice.
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Previous ed.: published as by John Trounce. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.The use of pharmaceuticals -- 2.The role of nurses in drug administration -- 3.Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- 4.The autonomic nervous system, asthma, 5-hydroxytryptamine and migrane -- 5.Drugs acting on the heart -- 6.Drugs use for blood pressure -- 7.Atheroma and throbosis: anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents -- 8.Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- 9.Emetics and anti-emetics, cough remedies, respiratory stimulants -- 10.Narcotic analgesics -- 11.Anti-inflammatory drugs: treatment of arthritis and gout -- 12.Drugs affecting the kidney and renal function -- 13.Endocrine system 1.The hypothalamus-pituitary axis -- 14.Endocrine system II.Hormones and metabolism: thyroid, parathyroid glands, calcitonin and osteoporosis -- 15.Endocrine system III.Hormones and metabolism: insulin, diabetes mellitus and obesity -- 16.Endocrine system IV.Hormones and metabolism: the adrenal glands -- 17.Endocrine system V.Hormones and reproduction -- 18.CNS 1.General anaesthesia, local anaesthetics and resuscitation -- 19.CNS 2.Epilepsy and Parkinson\'s disease -- 20.CNS 3.Antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics -- 21.CNS 4.Antidepressants and dementias -- 22.CNS 5.Drug dependence (drug addiction) -- 23.Antibacterial drugs -- 24.Antifungal and antiviral agents: treatment of HIV disease -- 25.Sera and vaccines -- 26.Drugs use in the treatment of malignant disease -- 27.Treatment of tropical and imported diseases; anthelmintics -- 28.Drugs and the eye -- 29.Application of drugs to the skin, nose and earts -- 30.Vitamins, iron and treatment of anaemia -- 31.Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age -- 32.Adverse reactions to drugs, testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance -- 33.Disinfectants and insecticides -- 34.Poisoning and its treatment -- 35.Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and homoeopathy.

Nurses play an important part in the administration of drugs and in recording their effects, so an understanding of pharmacology and its application to patient care is an integral part of nurses' training. This updated edition includes developments in clinical pharmacology and current trends in practice.

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