Introducing pharmacology for nursing and healthacare : for nursing and healthcare

Pharmacology concerns all practitioners of medicine and is essentially the science of drugs. It calls for the use of techniques from many other fields, such as biochemistry, statistics, and epidemiology, and can therefore prove to be a challenging subject. Introducing Pharmacology has been specially written for nursing and healthcare professionals, both trainees and qualified practitioners. The book provides an easy to understand introduction to Pharmacology that nursing and healthcare professionals will find relevant from the beginning of clinical training at the hospital, and afterwards in medical practice Let's start at basics : cells and how they work Protein targets for drugs Side-effects, interactions, and pharmacokinetics The cardiovascular system (1) : drugs used in the management of coronary artery disease The cardiovascular system (2) : hypertension and antihypertensive drugs Inflammation and the management of pain Disorders and drugs of the digestive system Infection and antimicrobial drugs (bugs and drugs) Disorders and drugs of the respiratory system Disorders and drugs of the endocrine system Drugs used in the treatment of mental health and neurological disorders.