Essentials of Clinical Pharmacology in NursingConcise presentation of basic pharmacologic information for the student. Units 1 and 2 address fundamentals of pharmacology and drag administration. Units 3- 16 group drags by therapeutic classification with each chapter covering pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, adverse drug reactions and nursing process steps in administering drugs. Additional chapters cover dosage measurements and calculations, administration routes and techniques, uncategorized drugs and more. Disk has questions and exercises for self-study. |
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Essentials of Clinical Pharmacology in Nursing Bradley R. Williams,Charold Lee Morris Baer No preview available - 1998 |
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