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One of the most important roles of the nurse is to administer medications.
Understanding how a drug interacts with the human body will help a nurse
administer drugs safely to patients.
Pharmacology Demystifiedshows you:- How drugs work
- How to calculate the proper dose
- How to administer drugs
- How to evaluate the drug’s effectiveness
- How to avoid common errors when administering drugs
- And much more.
You might be a little apprehensive learning pharmacology, especially if you
have little, if any, experience with drugs. Pharmacology can be mystifying.
However, it becomes demystified as you read Pharmacology Demystified
because your knowledge of basic science is used as the foundation for learn-
ing pharmacology.
As you’ll see in Chapter 1, each element of pharmacology is introduced by
combining just the pharmacology element with facts you already know from
your study of basic science.
Pharmacology is different than other basic science that you’ve learned—but
not so different that you won’t be able to quickly build upon your present
knowledge base. All you need is a working knowledge of basic science—and
Pharmacology Demystified—to become knowledgeable in pharmacology.
By the end of this book, you’ll have an understanding of drugs that are used
to cure common disorders. You’ll know how they work, their side effects, adverse
effects, and when they are not to be administered to patients. Furthermore,
you’ll learn how long it takes the drug to take effect and how long the thera-
peutic effect lasts.
INTRODUCTION
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