Medications : a guide for the health professions

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Medications : a guide for the health professions

Karen Lane, Linda Reed

F.A. Davis, c1999

2nd ed

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Includes index

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Description

Focusing on the skills and knowledge expected of the entry-level professional in the primary care ambulance setting, this competency-based book moves from simple skills to increasingly more complex ones. The text conveys how to administer medications safely and how to teach patients to.

Table of Contents

  • The language of pharmacology - abbreviations, systems of measurement and conversions
  • the Controlled Substances Act and prescriptions
  • forms of medication and patient care applications
  • drug classifications and interactions
  • safety in drug therapy and patient care
  • measuring medications for administration
  • calculating dosages and solutions
  • routes of administration and injection techniques
  • drugs commonly administered or prescribed in the medical office. Appendices: 50 most commonly prescribed drugs
  • answers to written competencies, procedures and conversion drills.

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