cover image - Nursing Essentials: Drugs Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702077654
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 04-12-2019
Page Count: 96
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $12.99

Nursing Essentials: Drugs Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Catrin Page, BSc, MB ChB

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Nursing Essentials: Drugs Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702077654
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 04-12-2019
Page Count: 96
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $12.99
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Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs?

Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs simple.

Reduced to the essentials, clearly arranged with tables and schematics, each page concisely provides the required knowledge.

Key Features:

  • Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work
  • Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables
  • Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK
  • Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation
  • Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work

    Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables

    Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK

    Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation

  • 1 Cardiovascular systemAntiarrhythmic drugsCardiac glycosidesCalcium channel blockersβ-blockersAntihypertensives2 Blood/coagulation systemAnticoagulantsAntiplatelet drugsLipid-lowering agents3 Hormonal systemOral antidiabeticsInsulinsThyroid hormonesIodized salts4 Respiratory systemAntitussive agentsExpectorants5 Renal/urinary systemDiuretics6 Gastrointestinal systemAntiemetic agentsAntiulcerantsAntidiarrhoeal agentsLaxativesAntispasmodic (spasmolytic) agents7 Immune systemAntibioticsAntiviral agentsAntimycotic (antifungal) agentsAntiallergic agents8 Central nervous systemAnalgesicsHypnotic agentsAntidepressantsParkinson’s diseaseAnxiolytic agentsNeuroleptic agents
  • Catrin Page, BSc, MB ChB, Doctor, General Medicine, UK
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