Further essentials of pharmacology for nurses

Content: Further Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses
 Contents
 List of abbreviations
 Introduction
 1. Cardiovascular drugs
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 Atherosclerosis
 Cholesterol
 Lipid regulating drugs
 Angina
 Electrical conduction through the heart
 Contraction of cardiac muscle
 Drugs used in heart arrhythmias
 Drugs that act on both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
 Drugs that act on ventricular arrhythmias
 Drugs used in cardiac resuscitation
 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Calculations
 Multiple choice questions. Recommended further reading2. Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 Helicobacter pylori
 Drugs that inhibit/neutralize acid
 Drugs that protect the mucosa of the stomach
 Irritable bowel syndrome
 Drugs affecting gut motility
 Antispasmodics
 Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disorders
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Calculations
 Multiple choice questions
 Recommended further reading
 3. Drugs used in the treatment of cancer
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 The cell cycle
 Cancer
 Cancer classification
 Pharmacological cancer management. General side-effects of cytotoxic drugsExtravasation of cytotoxic therapy
 Cytotoxic medication
 Antimetabolites
 Vinca alkaloids
 Other drugs used in cancer treatment
 Gonadorelin analogues
 Steroid use in cancer treatment
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Calculations
 Multiple choice questions
 Recommended further reading
 4. Drugs used in the treatment of nausea and vomiting
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 The vomiting reflex
 The causes of nausea andvomiting
 Management of nausea andvomiting
 Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
 Post-operative nausea andvomiting. Nausea and vomiting in cytotoxicchemotherapyMotion sickness
 The inner ear
 Ménières disease
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Calculations
 Multiple choice questions
 Recommended further reading
 5. Drugs used in anaesthesia
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 Modern anaesthesia
 The three phases of a generalanaesthetic
 Prior to anaesthesia
 The triad of anaesthesia
 Anaesthetic drugs
 Intravenous anaesthetics (IV)
 Inhalation anaesthetic agents
 Inhalational gases
 Properties of inhalational agents influencing uptake
 How anaesthetic drugs exert theireffects
 Intra-operative analgesia. Adjuvant drugsMuscle relaxant drugs (NMBs)
 Reversal of non-depolarizing NMBs
 The conduct of a general anaesthetic
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Multiple choice questions
 Recommended further reading
 6. Vaccines
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 Types of vaccine
 Routes of administration
 Administration site
 How vaccines work
 Risk groups
 Immunization in children
 Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
 Case studies
 Key learning points
 Multiple choice questions
 Recommended further reading
 7. Intravenous fluids and nutrition
 Learning objectives
 Introduction
 Anatomy and physiology
 Fluid.