Table of Contents 1 Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs Chapter 02 - Drugs and the Body Chapter 03 - Toxic Effects of Drugs Chapter 04 - The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety Chapter 05 - Dosage Calculations Chapter 06 - Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy Chapter 07 - Introduction...
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Focus on Nursing Pharmacology by Amy M. Karch
8th Edition
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Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs 3
Chapter 02 - Drugs and the Body 20
Chapter 03 - Toxic Effects of Drugs 37
Chapter 04 - The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety 54
Chapter 05 - Dosage Calculations 71
Chapter 06 - Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy 86
Chapter 07 - Introduction to Cell Physiology 103
Chapter 08 - Antiinfective Agents 120
Chapter 09 - Antibiotics 138
Chapter 10 - Antiviral Agents 155
Chapter 11 - Antifungal Agents 172
Chapter 12 - Antiprotozoal Agents 188
Chapter 13 - Anthelmintic Agents 204
Chapter 14 - Antineoplastic Agents 220
Chapter 15 - Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation 237
Chapter 16 - Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents 254
Chapter 17 - Immune Modulators 270
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Chapter 18 - Vaccines and Sera 287
Chapter 19 - Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System 304
Chapter 20 - Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents 320
Chapter 21 - Antidepressant Agents 337
Chapter 22 - Psychotherapeutic Agents 354
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Chapter 26 - Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents 420
Chapter 27 - General and Local Anesthetic Agents 436
Chapter 28 - Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents 453
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Chapter 29 - Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System 470
Chapter 30 - Adrenergic Agonists 487
Chapter 31 - Adrenergic Antagonists 503
Chapter 32 - Cholinergic Agonists 520
Chapter 33 - Anticholinergic Agents 536
Chapter 34 - Introduction to the Endocrine System 553
Chapter 35 - Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents 569
Chapter 36 - Adrenocortical Agents 585
Chapter 37 - Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents 602
Chapter 38 - Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels 619
Chapter 39 - Introduction to the Reproductive System 636
Chapter 40 - Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System 653
Chapter 41 - Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System 669
Chapter 42 - Introduction to the Cardiovascular System 685
Chapter 43 - Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure 702
Chapter 44 - Agents for Treating Heart Failure 719
Chapter 45 - Antiarrhythmic Agents 735
Chapter 46 - Antianginal Agents 752
Chapter 47 - Lipid-Lowering Agents 768
Chapter 48 - Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation 785
Chapter 49 - Drugs Used to Treat Anemias 801
Chapter 50 - Introduction to the Renal System 817
,Chapter 51 - Diuretic Agents 833
Chapter 52 - Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder 849
Chapter 53 - Introduction to the Respiratory System 866
Chapter 54 - Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract 883
Chapter 55 - Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract 900
Chapter 56 - Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System 917
Chapter 57 - Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions 933
Chapter 58 - Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility 949
Chapter 59 - Antiemetic Agents 965
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Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
Multiple choice
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(CT)
scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have
cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
describes the actions of all three nurses?
A. Pharmacoeconomics
B. Pharmacotherapeutics
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Pharmacokinetics
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Ans: B
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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of
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drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a
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drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor
pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.
Under what category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence
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