TY - BOOK ID - 61229483 TI - Understanding Pharmacology in Nursing Practice AU - Hood, Pauline. AU - Khan, Ehsan. PY - 2020 SN - 3030320049 3030320030 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Nursing—Study and teaching. KW - Pharmacotherapy. KW - Nursing Education. KW - Drug therapy KW - Pharmacotherapy KW - Therapeutics KW - Drugs KW - Pharmacology KW - Pharmacology. KW - Nursing. KW - Clinical nursing KW - Nurses and nursing KW - Nursing process KW - Care of the sick KW - Medicine KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemicals KW - Chemotherapy KW - Pharmacy KW - Physiological effect KW - Nursing KW - Therapeutics. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Medical treatment KW - Therapy KW - Treatment of diseases KW - Treatments for diseases KW - Clinical medicine KW - Nursing education KW - Medical education UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61229483 AB - This textbook provides a structured, informed approach to the understanding and appreciation of drug action and effect providing a detailed description and discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for nurses. The text focuses and emphasizes safe prescribing and administration of medication highlighting the possible harm to patient in terms of adverse reactions. 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. . ER -