Main description:

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of pharmacology. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies.

Contents:

Preface vi Contributors and Reviewers of the First Edition xii Chapter 1 Basic Principles and Safety in Pharmacology 1 Chapter 2 Anti-Infective Medications 26 Chapter 3 Antineoplastic Medications 97 Chapter 4 Blood Modifying Agents 139 Chapter 5 Cardiac Medications 183 Chapter 6 Endocrine System Medications 218 Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal System Medications 254 Chapter 8 Immune System Medications 291 Chapter 9 Integumentary System Medications 325 Chapter 10 Neurological and Musculoskeletal System Medications 357 Chapter 11 Psychiatric Medications 403 Chapter 12 Renal System Medications 455 Chapter 13 Reproductive System Medications 505 Chapter 14 Respiratory System Medications 536 Chapter 15 Visual and Auditory Medications 575 Chapter 16 Herbal Agents 604 Appendix A Answers to Practice to Pass & Case Study Questions 627 Appendix B Reference Tables 644 Index 646