Lehne’s Pharmacology For Nursing Care 10th Edition [Free Download]

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With a clear explanation of drug prototypes and how they work, Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 10th Edition gives you the background you need to understand drugs currently on the market, and those not yet released. This perennial favorite of students and teachers simplifies complex concepts while distinguishing need-to-know content from the material that’s merely nice to know. The 10^th edition includes updated drug content to reflect the very latest FDA approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses, as well as corresponding updated nursing content. It also includes an updated prototype drugs section, summarizing their major uses, and an updated table detailing care throughout the lifespan of the patient. Additionally, each chapter ends with a nursing implications summary to help you fully understand the material and apply it to clinical nursing practice.

Lehne’s Pharmacology For Nursing Care 10th User Reviews:

Key Features

• Prototype Drugs features serve as a quick-reference learning aid so you can apply your understanding to related drugs currently on the market as well as drugs that will be released in the future.
• UNIQUE! Engaging writing style with clear explanations makes difficult pharmacology concepts easy to grasp and even enjoyable to learn.
• Nursing implications of drug therapy are integrated throughout the text to reinforce the integral relationship between drug therapy and nursing care.
• UPDATED Special Interest Topic boxes focus on currently trending issues in pharmacology, eliminating out-of-date content.
• Large print highlights essential, need-to-know information, and small print indicates nice-to-know information.
• QSEN focus includes Patient-Centered Care Across the Life Span featureshighlighting safe and appropriate patient care during different phases of life.
• Safety Alert features emphasize the QSEN competency relating to patient safety.
• Student-friendly features make learning easier with concise drug summary tables, chapter outlines, key points, and a visual guide to the prototype drugs in each class.
• Concise drug summary tables present detailed information for individual drugs, including drug class, generic and trade names, dosages, routes, and indications.
• Selected Canadian drug names are indicated with a maple-leaf icon throughout the text.
• Separate Bioterrorism chapter discusses the clinical manifestations and treatment of biological weapon attacks.

Table of Contents

• UNIT I: INTRODUCTION
  1. Orientation to Pharmacology
  2. Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
  3. Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information
  UNIT II: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
  4. Pharmacokinetics
  5. Pharmacodynamics
  6. Drug Interactions
  7. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors
  8. Individual Variation in Drug Responses
  UNIT III: DRUG THERAPY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
  9. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding
  10. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
  11. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
  UNIT IV: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
  Section 1: Introduction
  12. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
  13. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System
  Section 2: Cholinergic Drugs
  14. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists
  15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis
  16. Drugs That Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
  Section 3: Adrenergic Drugs
  17. Adrenergic Agonists
  18. Adrenergic Antagonists
  19. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents
  UNIT V: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
  Section 4: Introduction
  20. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
  Section 5: Drugs for Neurodegenerative Disorders
  21. Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease
  22. Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease
  23. Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis
  Section 6: Neurologic Drugs
  24. Drugs for Epilepsy
  25. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
  Section 7: Drugs for Pain
  26. Local Anesthetics
  27. General Anesthetics
  28. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics
  29. Pain Management in Patients with Cancer
  30. Drugs for Headache
  Section 8: Psychotherapeutic Drugs
  31. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia
  32. Antidepressants
  33. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder
  34. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
  35. Management of Anxiety Disorders
  36. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  Section 9: Drug Abuse
  37. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations
  38. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol
  39. Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking
  40. Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine
  UNIT VI: DRUGS THAT AFFECT FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE
  41. Diuretics
  42. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids
  UNIT VII: DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, AND BLOOD
  43. Review of Hemodynamics
  44. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
  45. Calcium Channel Blockers
  46. Vasodilators
  47. Drugs for Hypertension
  48. Drugs for Heart Failure
  49. Antidysrhythmic Drugs
  50. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels
  51. Drugs for Angina Pectoris
  52. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs
  53. Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  54. Drugs for Hemophilia
  55. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias
  56. Hematopoietic Agents
  UNIT VIII: DRUGS FOR ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
  57. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus
  58. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders
  59. Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function
  60. Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex
  UNIT IX: WOMEN’S HEALTH
  61. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications
  62. Birth Control
  63. Drug Therapy of Infertility
  64. Drugs That Affect Uterine Function
  UNIT X: MEN’S HEALTH
  65. Androgens
  66. Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  UNIT XI: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTIALLERGIC, AND IMMUNOLOGIC DRUGS
  67. Review of the Immune System
  68. Childhood Immunization
  69. Immunosuppressants
  70. Antihistamines
  71. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen
  72. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders
  UNIT XII: DRUGS FOR BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS
  73. Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  74. Drug Therapy of Gout
  75. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization
  UNIT XIII: RESPIRATORY TRACT DRUGS
  76. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  77. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds
  UNIT XIV: GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS
  78. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease
  79. Laxatives
  80. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs
  UNIT XV: NUTRITION
  81. Vitamins
  82. Drugs for Weight Loss
  UNIT XVI: CHEMOTHERAPY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  83. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
  84. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins
  85. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Vancomycin, Telavancin, Aztreonam, Teicoplanin, and Fosfomycin
  86. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, and Others
  87. Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis
  88. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim
  89. Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections
  90. Antimycobacterial Agents: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection
  91. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs: Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Rifampin, Rifaximin, Bacitracin, and Polymyxins
  92. Antifungal Agents
  93. Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections
  94. Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections
  95. Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  96. Antiseptics and Disinfectants
  UNIT XVII: CHEMOTHERAPY OF PARASITIC DISEASES
  97. Anthelmintics
  98. Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents
  99. Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents
  100. Ectoparasiticides
  UNIT XVIII: CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
  101. Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy
  102. Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents
  103. Anticancer Drugs II: Hormonal Agents, Targeted Drugs, and Other Noncytotoxic Anticancer Drugs
  UNIT XIX: MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS AND THERAPIES
  104. Drugs for the Eye
  105. Drugs for the Skin
  106. Drugs for the Ear
  107. Additional Noteworthy Drugs
  108. Complementary and Alternative Therapy
  UNIT XX: TOXICOLOGY
  109. Management of Poisoning
  110. Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism
  APPENDIX: Canadian Drug Information

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