Fundamental and Applied Pharmacology for Nurses

Key features a concise and elaborative text covering all the fundamental issues in pharmacology. The entire text has been divided into eleven sections and five annexures on adverse drug reaction form, drug schedules, abbreviations, etc. Emphasises on nurses' roles and responsibilities in drug management and administration and also takes them to fundamental issues in pharmacology. Basic aspects have been dealt with the suffix of nursing implications at the end of almost every chapter. Some chapters have been elaborately designed keeping in mind the areas of interest to nursing fraternity. Highlights the key topics like drug formulations, drug administration and storage, emergency management of patients, drug safety issues, objective information about generic and brand names of drugs, etc. Table of contents section one: general pharmacology 1 definitions, dosage forms and routes of drug administration 2 pharmacokinetics 3 pharmacodynamics 4 adverse drug reactions and drug interactions se