Saltar al contenido principal

Nursing Essentials: Drugs

  • 1 Edición - 13 de diciembre de 2018
  • Última edición
  • Autor: Catrin Page
  • Idioma: Inglés

Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs? Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs sim… Leer más

Descripción

Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs?

Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs simple.

Reduced to the essentials, clearly arranged with tables and schematics, each page concisely provides the required knowledge.

Key Features:

  • Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work
  • Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables
  • Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK
  • Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation

Puntos claves

Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work

Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables

Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK

Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation

De interès para

Qualified nurses, prescribing nurses, nursing students

Índice

1 Cardiovascular systemAntiarrhythmic drugsCardiac glycosidesCalcium channel blockersβ-blockersAntihypertensives2 Blood/coagulation systemAnticoagulantsAntiplatelet drugsLipid-lowering agents3 Hormonal systemOral antidiabeticsInsulinsThyroid hormonesIodized salts4 Respiratory systemAntitussive agentsExpectorants5 Renal/urinary systemDiuretics6 Gastrointestinal systemAntiemetic agentsAntiulcerantsAntidiarrhoeal agentsLaxativesAntispasmodic (spasmolytic) agents7 Immune systemAntibioticsAntiviral agentsAntimycotic (antifungal) agentsAntiallergic agents8 Central nervous systemAnalgesicsHypnotic agentsAntidepressantsParkinson’s diseaseAnxiolytic agentsNeuroleptic agents

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 19 de febrero de 2019
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el autor

CP

Catrin Page

Catrin Page is a Doctor, General Medicine, UK
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Doctor, General Medicine, UK