Geriatric Drugs

Name: Geriatric Drugs
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ISBN: 9781428320031

ISBN-10: 1428320032

ISBN-13: 9781428320031

Edition: 2010 (Guide (Instructor's))

Authors: Moini, George R. Spratto

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The Mini Guide series is created as a set of pocket-guides that provide quick, essential drug information for nursing. The 3 pharmacology mini-guides included in this funding are drug guides that focus on the most important drug information needed for pediatrics, maternity/OB, and geriatrics. Every nurse is responsible for calculating and administering medications to patients, which requires extensive knowledge of pharmacology and specific drug agents. The mini-guides are appropriate for the clinical portion of the pediatrics course, the maternity/OB course, and the geriatric course as well as for practicing nurses. The mini-guides are portable, indispensable, scrub-pocket-sized tools that…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 3/26/2009
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 240
Size: 3.00" wide x 5.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Tab 1



Introduction



Drug Regulation and Control



Dosage Forms and Routes of Medication Administration



Calculating Medication Dosages



Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics



Factors Affecting Drug Activity



Drug Classifications for Various Systems



Vaccination in Geriatrics



Drug Interactions and Toxicity (Polypharmacy)



Substance Abuse



A - C



D - H



I - M



N - R



S - Z


Tab 7



Commonly Prescribed Controlled Substances



Measurement Equivalents and Conversions



Abbreviation Commonly Found in Drug Prescriptions



Common Terminology Confusions



Common Intravenous Drugs



Approximate Normal Values



Diagnostic Drugs



Drug Overdose and Antidotes



Use of Herbs in the Elderly and Problems



Emergency Drugs


Index