Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Before administering a medication to a client, the nurse must understand what the body does to the drug and what the drug does to the body. Drugs…
Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: This section will describe the importance of making sound decisions, developing problem-solving skills through clinical reasoning, and how the nursing process relates to drug administration. This section…
Figure 2.1 Pharmacology is the study of the biological effects of drugs on the body. (attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY 4.0 license) Chapter Outline 2.1 Drug Administration and the Nursing Process 2.2 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 2.3 Drug Administration Routes, Preparation, and Administration…
This chapter provided a brief history of pharmacology and the use of therapeutic drugs throughout the millennia. It discussed the importance of interprofessional collaboration and introduced how pharmacology is used in nursing practice. It also presented some of the responsibilities…
Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Pharmacology and Socioeconomic Factors Without question, medication costs have been escalating for many years. Many factors encompass total health care costs: the up-front costs of prescription drugs,…
Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Drug Classifications One helpful method for sorting out the sheer number of drugs on the market is by organizing them into different classifications. Most drugs are classified…
Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Drug Sources and Forms Drugs are substances or compounds that prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure various conditions or diseases. As mentioned previously, drugs come from a variety…
Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: History of Pharmacology The word pharmacology (from two Greek words, pharmakon, which means “drug” or “medicine,” and logos, which means “study”) essentially means the study of medicine; it could also be…
Figure 1.1 Pharmacology is the study of the biological effects of drugs on the body. (attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY 4.0 license) Chapter Outline 1.1 Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Teams, and Nursing Practice 1.2 Drug Sources, Forms, and Names 1.3 Drug Classifications and Prototypes…
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