Springhouse Notes: Nursing Pharmacology [With
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vallerand, April Hazard / Vallerand, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Includes study questions, key points in color, learning objectives, and abundant white space for notes. Also added is a StudySmart disk with more than 100 NCLEX-style multiple-choice questions with answer rationales, nursing-process step, client needs category, and taxonomic level. New decision trees, chapter overviews, patient-teaching tips, and clinical alerts promote critical thinking. Contents cover fundamentals of nursing pharmacology; cholinergic and adrenergic drugs and CNS stimulants; analgesics; anesthetics; anticonvulsants; antiparkinsonian and antimyasthenic drugs; sedative-hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs; antipsychotic drugs; antidepressant and antimanic drugs; inotropic drugs and cardiac glycosides; antiarrhythmic drugs; antihypertensive drugs; antianginal drugs; diuretics; hematopoietic drugs; antilipemic drugs; anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs; bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory inhalants; antitussive, expectorant, and mucolytic drugs; pituitary, thyroid, and parathyroid drugs; male and female hormonal drugs; antidiabetic drugs; corticosteroids and immunosuppressant drugs; antibacterial drugs; antifungal and anthelmintic drugs; antiviral and antitubercular drugs; antigout drugs; antiarthritic drugs and skeletal muscle relaxants; antineoplastic drugs; antiulcer drugs; antiemetic and emetic drugs; antidiarrheal drugs and laxatives; nutritional agents; ophthalmic drugs; otic drugs; topical drugs; appendices; and index.