Nursing Essentials: Drugs

by Catrin Page BSc, MB ChB

Overview

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

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702077630
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

1 Cardiovascular systemAntiarrhythmic drugsCardiac glycosidesCalcium channel blockersß-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

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