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PHARMACOLOGY DEMYSTIFIED ...

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PHARMACOLOGY DEMYSTIFIED MARY KAMIENSKI, PhD, RN, FAEN, FNP, CEN JIM KEOGH McGRAW-HILL New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon Lon ...

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Introduction xiii v CONTENTS ...

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Superinfections 205 Preparing to Administer Antimicrobial Medication 207 Penicillin, Nursing Diagnosis, and Collaborative Proble ...

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CHAPTER 1 An Inside Look at Pharmacology What Is Pharmacology? The Source of Drugs Drugs Names Prescription versus Over-the-Cou ...

xiii One of the most important roles of the nurse is to administer medications. Understanding how a drug interacts with the huma ...

xiv INTRODUCTION A Look Inside Pharmacology can be challenging to learn unless you follow the step-by-step approach that is used ...

INTRODUCTION xv you. It was part of standard nursing procedures used to administer medication. You’ll learn about those procedur ...

CHAPTER 8: HERBAL THERAPY Herbal therapy is used to treat the common cold, infections, diseases of the GI tract, and about anyth ...

you’ll learn about the process of inflammation and the medications that are prescribed to reduce the redness, swelling, warmth, ...

CHAPTER 17: IMMUNOLOGIC AGENTS When the immune system is compromised through diseases including HIV, the body loses its ability ...