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Study Guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety by M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN (Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio)

This study guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition offers content review and a wide range of engaging activities and medication safety practice questions to help you master pharmacology concepts, learn drug safety, and practice dosage calculation. A variety of learning activities, including matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, identification, and multiple-choice questions, plus crossword puzzles, help reinforce learning. Medication Safety Practice sections emphasize important safety concepts related to medication administration. Practice quizzes, comprised of multiple-choice and select-all-that-apply questions for the NCLEX (R), assess students' knowledge of important chapter concepts to prepare them for the NCLEX-PN (R) and NCLEX-RN (R) Examinations. Reader-friendly writing style and organization increases understanding for entry-level students. NEW! Case studies for the Next Generation NCLEX (R) in clinical chapters help students practice for the next generation licensure exam. Updated exercises cover newly approved pharmaceutical treatments and drugs.

Table of Contents

1. Drug Therapy: Roles, Regulations, Actions, and Responses 2. Safely Preparing and Giving Drugs 3. Mathematics Review and Introduction to Dosage Calculations 4. Medical Systems of Weights and Measures 5. Dosage Calculation of Intravenous Solutions and Drugs 6. Anti-Infectives: Antibacterial Drugs 7. Anti-Infectives: Antiviral Drugs 8. Anti-Infectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs 9. Drugs for Pain Control, Migraines, and Skeletal Muscle Spasms 10. General Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 11. Immunizations and Immunosuppressant Drugs 12. Drugs That Affect Urine Output 13. Drug Therapy for Hypertension 14. Drug Therapy for Heart Failure 15. Drug Therapy for Dysrhythmias 16. Drug Therapy for High Blood Lipids 17. Drugs That Affect Blood Clotting 18. Drug Therapy for Asthma and Other Respiratory Problems 19. Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Problems 20. Drug Therapy for Gastric Ulcers, Reflux, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease 21. Drug Therapy for Diabetes 22. Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland Problems 23. Drug Therapy for Seizures 24. Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases 25. Drug Therapy for Psychiatric Problems 26. Drug Therapy for Insomnia 27. Drug Therapy for Eye Problems 28. Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive Problems 29. Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive Problems

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9780323793513
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Study Guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety by M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN (Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio)
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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2023-03-06
152
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