Understanding Pharmacology in Nursing Practice

The 2nd edition of this textbook offers a complete review of the chapters to provide readers with up-to-date knowledge of the current nursing pharmacology practice. The focus of the book remains faithful to underpinning principles of safe medication practice and administration by providing a clinically useful understanding of pharmacokinetics, relating it to important clinical outcomes and adverse drug effects.

In line with changes in legal statutes, the chapter on legal and ethical issues associated with medication has been removed as this is now the remit of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Four new chapters were added, to appreciate the importance of the role of nursing pharmacology in health care, to highlight the future challenges of the profession, and to help address the rapidly changing area of anti-thrombotic care and anaesthetics.

This textbook will equip the nurse with an understanding of issues related to pharmacotherapeutics that are aligned with current nursing roles and statutory requirements.

Provides a foundational understanding of pharmacology to promote safe medication prescribing and monitoring in practice Addresses the issues of drug interactions from both a pharmacodynamics as well as pharmacokinetic perspective Takes the nurse from the basics of pharmacology to an understanding of detailed drug action

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Mrs Pauline Hood has had many years of clinical and academic experience. Her focus of clinical practice was perioperative nursing. Mrs Hood was a lecturer at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London from 1995 and undertook a range of teaching, managerial and academic roles until her retirement. Mrs Hood pioneered pharmacology education at the Faculty, and from 1999, she and Dr Khan developed and promoted pharmacology education for nurses and midwives. Mrs Hood has published a range of papers and texts and was the editor of the Journal of Advanced Perioperative Care.

Dr Ehsan Khan is a Reader (Education) at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London. His focus of clinical practice is cardiac nursing, and he has a PhD in physiology. Dr Khan and Mrs Hood developed pre-registration and post-qualification pharmacology modules at the Faculty. Currently, Dr Khan leads pharmacology education for nursing at the Faculty. Dr Khan has received several Teaching Excellence awards from King's College London. His research focuses on pharmacology education in nursing curricula, together with the use of technology-enhanced learning in education. Dr Khan has published extensively in nursing and other healthcare journals.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 The Role of Nursing Pharmacology and its Importance.- Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.- Chapter 5 Pharmacology of Pain.- Chapter 6 Antimicrobials.- Chapter 7 Medications prescribed for the treatment of cardiovascular diseaseChapter.- 8 Medications Used for the Renal SystemChapter.- 9 Anti-thrombotic.- Chapter 10 Anaesthetics.- Chapter 11 Medications prescribed for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.- Chapter 12 Medications prescribed for the treatment of respiratory disease.- Chapter 13 Medications prescribed for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders.- Chapter 14 Medications prescribed for the treatment of central nervous system disorders.- Chapter 15 Medications prescribed for the treatment of mental ill health.- Chapter 16 Medications prescribed for the treatment of cancer.- Chapter 17 Challenges in Nursing Pharmacology.