cover image - Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9780323871624
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 08-31-2023
Page Count: 224
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99

Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Douglas S. Gardenhire, EdD, RRT-NPS, FAARC and Sandra T Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9780323871624
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 08-31-2023
Page Count: 224
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99
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Give your students an easier path to respiratory pharmacology mastery. Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 11th Edition features a variety of engaging learning exercises for each of the 22 chapters in the core text. Examples include NBRC®-type questions, critical-thinking exercises, case studies, definitions, and additional content review to further students' understanding of challenging pharmacology principles, develop their critical-thinking skills, and prepare them for success on the board exam. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Rau’s workbook is part of the complete learning package for your students!

    • Content and learning objectives correlate with Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 11th Edition, creating a seamless transition for students and educators when moving between the two books.
    • NEW! Updated content reflects changes to drug approval, aerosol medication devices and associated issues related to COVID-19, FDA-approved medications, and asthma and COPD treatment protocols.
    • Answers reference back to the objectives in the core text to help students easily review their areas of weakness.
    • Case studies and critical-thinking questions promote the application of clinical skills.
    • Key illustrations from the text provide a visual review to enhance the study of important concepts.
    • Engaging pharmacology exercises reinforce foundational content such as key terms and definitions.
    • NEW! Updated content reflects changes to drug approval, aerosol medication devices and associated issues related to COVID-19, FDA-approved medications, and asthma and COPD treatment protocols.
  • Unit I: Basic Concepts and Principles in Pharmacology
    1. Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology
    2. Principles of Drug Action
    3. Administration of Aerosolized Agents
    4. Calculating Drug Doses
    5. The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
    Unit II: Drugs Used to Treat the Respiratory System
    6. Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators
    7. Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators
    8. Xanthines
    9. Mucus-Controlling Drug Therapy
    10. Surfactant Agents
    11. Corticosteroids in Respiratory Care
    12. Nonsteroidal Antiasthma Agents
    13. Aerosolized Antiinfective Agents
    14. Antimicrobial Agents
    15. Cold and Cough Agents
    16. Selected Agents of Pulmonary Value
    17. Neonatal and Pediatric Aerosolized Drug Therapy
    Unit III: Critical Care, Cardiovascular, and Polysomnography Agents
    18. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants (Neuromuscular Blocking Agents)
    19. Diuretic Agents
    20. Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
    21. Vasopressors, Inotropes, and Antiarrhythmic Agents
    22. Drugs Affecting Circulation: Antihypertensives, Antianginals, Antithrombotics
    23 Sleep and Sleep Pharmacology
  • Douglas S. Gardenhire, EdD, RRT-NPS, FAARC, Chair and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia and Sandra T Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty
    Respiratory Care Division
    Gateway Community College
    Phoenix, Arizona
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