Freeman, Julia B. Pharmacologic basis of nursing practice / [electronic resource] / Julia B. Freeman Clark, Sherry F. Queener, Virginia Burke Karb.. — 5th ed.. — St. Louis : : Mosby,, c1997.. — xv, 889 p. : : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Includes indexes.
1. Drugs in the Body -- 2. Effects of Life Span, Genetics, and Medical Conditions on Drug Therapy -- 3. Legal Implications of Drug Therapy -- 4. Application of the Nursing Process to Drug Therapy -- 5. Drug Administration -- 6. Calculating Drug Dosages -- 7. Over-the-Counter Drugs and Self-Medication -- 8. Issues of Drug Abuse -- 9. Care of the Poisoned Patient -- 10. Introduction to Neuropharmacology -- 11. Mechanisms of Cholinergic Control -- 12. Mechanisms of Adrenergic Control -- 13. Antihypertensive Drugs -- 14. Diuretics -- 15. Antianginals and Other Vasodilators -- 16. Drugs to Treat Shock -- 17. Fluids and Electrolytes -- 18. Cardiac Glycosides and Other Drugs for Congestive Heart Failure -- 19. Drugs to Control Cardiac Arrhythmias -- 20. Agents Affecting Blood Coagulation -- 21. Drugs to Lower Blood Lipid Levels -- 22. Drugs to Treat Anemia -- 23. Drugs Affecting Motility: Cholinergic Stimulants and Anticholinergics/Antispasmodics -- 24. Laxatives and Antidiarrheals.