Drugs and Nursing Implications Book

	Preface
	How to Use This Book
Sect. I	Basic Pharmacology	1
Ch. 1	Nurse's Role in Drug Administration	2
Ch. 2	Techniques of Drug Administration	8
Ch. 3	Assessment and Drug Effects	23
Ch. 4	Patient and Family Education	29
Ch. 5	Pharmacodynamics	32
Ch. 6	Pharmacokinetics	35
Ch. 7	Dosage Calculations	40
Ch. 8	Drug Classification and Prototypes	46
Sect. II	Alphabetical Generic Drug List	79
	Appendix A: US Schedules of Controlled Substances	1163
	Appendix B: Canadian Controlled Substance Classifications	1164
	Appendix C: Nomogram for Estimating Body Surface Area in Children	1165
	Appendix D: Household, Apothecary, and Metric Conversion Factors/Equivalents	1166
	Appendix E: FDA Pregnancy Categories	1168
	Appendix F: Combination Drugs	1169
	Appendix G: Glossary of Key Terms, Clinical Conditions, and Associated Signs and Symptoms	1189
	Appendix H: Abbreviations	1195
	Bibliography	1199
	Index	1201