Medicines Management for Nurses at a Glance E-Book

Simon Young

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Wiley Series on Cognitive Dynamic Systems
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 270

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Medicines Management for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration nursing and healthcare students.  Combining superb full colour illustrations with accessible and informative text, it provides an easy-to-read and supportive guide to the key pharmacological knowledge nursing students and registered nurses need to know.

Divided into three sections, the first introduces key topics within clinical pharmacology and medicines management including, numeracy, pharmacokinetics, routes of administration, and pharmacodynamics.  The second and final sections cover the management of medicines for common medical conditions, drug interactions, side effects, and safe and effective prescribing.

• Written specifically for nurses, it covers the fundamentals of pharmacology as they apply to nursing practice.
• Breaks down complex concepts in an accessible way, providing helpful overviews of all key pharmacological topics. 
• Includes practical issues relating to practice, and is written to support the Essential Skills Cluster of the NMC, and the content of the BNF.
• Includes content relevant to each of the four fields of nursing, and covers drugs for specific groups such as children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the elderly.

A companion website is available at www.ataglanceseries.com/nursing/medicinesmanagement featuring interactive multiple choice questions.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Young, Simon, 1971- , author.    Medicines management for nurses at a glance / Simon Young, Ben Pitcher.      p. ; cm. – (At a glance series)    Includes index.      ISBN 978-1-118-84072-6 (paperback)    I. Pitcher, Ben, 1979-, author. II. Title. III. Series: At a glance series (Oxford, England)    [DNLM: 1. Drug Therapy–nursing–Great Britain. 2. Drug Prescriptions–nursing–    Great Britain. 3. Drug Therapy–methods–Great Britain. 4. Nurse Clinicians–Great    Britain. WY 100 FA1]       RT68      615.1'4–dc23

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CONTENTS

Preface

About the companion website

Part 1: Introduction to pharmacology and medicines management

Chapter 1: Why is managing medicines important in nursing?

Medicines management and nursing

Defining medicines management

Chapter 2: Keeping up to date with medicines management

Continuing professional development

Post-registration educational practice

Chapter 3: What is a medicine?

How are medicines developed and monitored?

Chapter 4: Medicines nomenclature: what’s in a name?

Endings

Chapter 5: Numeracy and medicines management

Symbols

Illustrative biological unit standards for medicinal products

Chapter 6: Clinical pharmacokinetics I

Absorption

Distribution

Chapter 7: Clinical pharmacokinetics II

Metabolism

Excretion

Chapter 8: Routes of administration I

Oral

Intravenous

Intramuscular

Subcutaneous

Chapter 9: Routes of administration II

Inhaled

Topical

Transdermal

Sublingual

Rectal

Chapter 10: Pharmacodynamics I

What is pharmacodynamics?

Why do chemicals have such varied but specific effects on the body?

Receptors

Second messenger systems

Ion channels

Chapter 11: Pharmacodynamics II

Agonists and antagonists

Receptor specificity

Enzymes

Part 2: Managing medicines

Chapter 12: Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia

Antacids

Histamine (H2) antagonists

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)

Chapter 13: Acute diarrhoea and constipation

Acute diarrhoea

Constipation

Chapter 14: Chronic bowel disease

Medications

Aminosalicylates

Corticosteroids

Immunoregulating agents

Chapter 15: Nausea and vomiting

Medications

Metoclopramide

Antihistamines

5-HT

3

receptor antagonists

Chapter 16: Anti-anginals

Indications

Nitrates

Calcium channel blockers

Chapter 17: Anti-arrhythmics

Digoxin

Amiodarone

Other anti-arrhythmic drugs

Chapter 18: Heart failure

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists

Other drugs used in heart failure

Chapter 19: Hypertension

Drugs used to treat hypertension

Beta-blockers

Calcium channel blockers

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBS)

Diuretics

Other drugs used in hypertension

Chapter 20: Diuretics

Pharmacodynamics

Chapter 21: Respiratory conditions I

Bronchodilators

Adrenoceptor agonists

Antimuscarinic bronchodilators

Theophylline and aminophylline

Inhaled corticosteroids

Leukotriene receptor antagonists

Chapter 22: Respiratory conditions II

Decongestants

Mucolytics

Antihistamines

Oxygen

Chapter 23: Opioid analgesics

Opioid analgesics

Commonly used opioid analgesics

Chapter 24: Anxiolytics and hypnotics

Benzodiazepines

Buspirone

Antidepressants and beta-blockers

Hypnotics – the ‘Z’ drugs (Zaleplon, Zopiclone and Zolpidem)

Chapter 25: Antipsychotics

First-and second-generation antipsychotics

Chapter 26: Depression

SSRIs

Tricyclic and related antidepressants

Other antidepressants

Chapter 27: Epilepsy

Anti-epileptic medication

Valproate

Carbamazepine

General advice

Chapter 28: Alcohol: detoxification

Medication that aids in the detoxification process

Thiamine and B vitamins

Chapter 29: Alcohol: maintaining abstinence