Main description:

This book is written from an exam point of view and provides the details about therapeutic agents in a precise manner. It also helps in monitoring the important side effects that are required to be reported to the attending physician, the manner of administration of drugs and procedures to be followed while the patient is on medication, thereby providing better clinical knowledge to nursing students and greater perspective towards nursing responsibilities in therapeutics.

The strategies that covered would be helpful in preparing with the necessary knowledge needed to succeed in the exams. It focuses mainly on the salient features of each drug and will help students to present the answers neatly. It also deals elaborately about the nursing responsibilities during patient care and emphasizes on vital issues such as drug storage, mode of drug administration and monitoring the important adverse effects and will impart an adequate clinical knowledge to nursing students for providing a better bedside care. It will help the students for sure success in examination.

Contents:

Section I: General Pharmacology

Section II: Autonomic Nervous System

Section III: Autacoids

Section IV: Central Nervous System

Section V: Psychopharmacology

Section VI: Cardiovascular System

Section VII: Blood

Section VIII: Hormones and Hormone Antagonists

Section IX: Gastrointestinal System

Section X: Respiratory System

Section XI: Chemotherapy

Section XII: Miscellaneous Topics

Section XIII: Alternative Systems of Medicine