Pharmacotherapeutics and advanced nursing practice

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Pharmacotherapeutics and advanced nursing practice

[edited by] Laurel A. Eisenhauer, Margaret A. Murphy

McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, c1998

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Pharmacotherapeutics & advanced nursing practice

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Provides advanced nurses with the knowledge needed for the understanding and integration of pharmacology into their clinical judgement. The text places emphasis upon: adult care; what to prescribe; and what to monitor in ambulatory and primary care settings.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 General information: medication management and prescribing in advanced nursing practice, L. Eisenhauer
  • psychosociocultural aspects of drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer
  • variations in patient responses - role of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, L. Eisenhauer
  • patient assessment and drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer
  • monitoring and evaluation of drug therapy - therapeutic effectiveness and side effects, L. Eisenhauer
  • clinical issues in specific populations - use of drugs in pregnancy/lactation, L. Eisenhauer
  • clinical issues in specific populations - drug therapy in elderly patients, L. Eisenhauer. Part 2 Drug therapy issues and applications: immunizations in adults, P. Stevenson
  • use of hormones in women's life cycle - oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, M. Murphy
  • epidosic symptom management, M. Murphy
  • pain management, L. Eisenhauer
  • principles of prescribing and use of antibiotics, M. Murphy
  • cardiac drug therapy in ambulatory patients, S. Chase
  • drug therapy in peptic ulcer disease, L. Eisenhauer
  • drug therapy in selected chronic conditions (drugs for anaemia, anticonvulsants, thyroid), M. Murphy
  • management and monitoring of diabetic drug therapy, M. Murphy
  • steroid drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer
  • psychotropics in primary care, K. Bailey
  • asthma drug therapy, M. Murphy
  • management of side effects of cancer chemotherapy, G. Wilkes. Part 3 Cases. Appendixes.

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