, Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs 3
Chapter 02- Drugs and the Body 20
Chapter 03- Toxic Effects of Drugs 37
Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety 54
Chapter 05- Dosage Calculations 71
Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy 86
Chapter 07- Introduction to Cell Physiology 103
Chapter 08- Anti-infective Agents 120
Chapter 09- Antibiotics 138
Chapter 10- Antiviral Agents 155
Chapter 11- Antifungal Agents 172
Chapter 12- Antiprotozoal Agents 188
Chapter 13- Anthelmintic Agents 204
Chapter 14- Antineoplastic Agents 220
Chapter 15- Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation 237
Chapter 16- Anti-inflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents 254
Chapter 17- Immune Modulators 270
Chapter 18- Vaccines and Sera 287
Chapter 19- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System 304
Chapter 20- Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents 320
Chapter 21- Antidepressant Agents 337
Chapter 22- Psychotherapeutic Agents 354
Chapter 23- Antiseizure Agents 371
Chapter 24- Antiparkinsonism Agents 388
Chapter 25- Muscle Relaxants 404
Chapter 26- Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents 420
Chapter 27- General and Local Anesthetic Agents 436
Chapter 28- Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents 453
Chapter 29- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System 470
Chapter 30- Adrenergic Agonists 487
Chapter 31- Adrenergic Antagonists 503
Chapter 32- Cholinergic Agonists 520
Chapter 33- Anticholinergic Agents 536
Chapter 34- Introduction to the Endocrine System 553
Chapter 35- Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents 569
Chapter 36- Adrenocortical Agents 585
Chapter 37- Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents 602
Chapter 38- Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels 619
Chapter 39- Introduction to the Reproductive System 636
Chapter 40- Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System 653
Chapter 41- Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System 669
Chapter 42- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System 685
Chapter 43- Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure 702
Chapter 44- Agents for Treating Heart Failure 719
Chapter 45- Antiarrhythmic Agents 735
Chapter 46- Antianginal Agents 752
Chapter 47- Lipid-Lowering Agents 768
Chapter 48- Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation 785
Chapter 49- Drugs Used to Treat Anemias 801
Chapter 50- Introduction to the Renal System 817
,Chapter 51- Diuretic Agents 833
Chapter 52- Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder 849
Chapter 53- Introduction to the Respiratory System 866
Chapter 54- Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract 883
Chapter 55- Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract 900
Chapter 56- Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System 917
Chapter 57- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions 933
Chapter 58- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility 949
Chapter 59- Antiemetic Agents 965
, Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(CT)
scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have
cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
describes the actions of all three nurses?
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of
drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a
drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor
pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.
Under what category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence