Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals simplifies the vast world of drugs and pharmaceuticals. It groups drug categories by therapeutic effects and the disease they're used to treat. The text streamlines drug data through an A-Z Drug Reference along with other resources.
Features –
1. Every chapter and each appendix has been updated with the most current generic and trade name drugs. Drug categories and drug information are current right up to the date of publication.
2. This edition has more illustrations and photographs of real drugs. The images picture drug forms, drug packages, drug labels and drugs being administered to patients.
3. “See-and-say” drug pronunciations appear after every generic drug in the chapters and appendices. The A-Z Drug Reference includes pronunciations for both generic and trade name drugs.
4. Word part and meaning boxes helps students see how a complex word can be broken down into its word parts and meanings. This helps deepen their understanding of medical terminology.
5. Chapter-ending review has been expanded. It now includes additional types of questions: matching, true or false, and fill in the blank.
About the Author -
Susan M. Turley, MA (Educ), BSN, RN, RHIT, is an experienced educator and practitioner in many areas of health care. She has a Master of Arts degree in adult education, a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and national certification in the field of health information management. As a nurse, Susan has worked and administered drugs in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, physician office settings and a plasmapheresis center. She has also worked in an administrative capacity in managed care and long-term care, as a quality manager, health information manager, physician office auditor and infection control officer.
She has also created physician credentialing databases. As an educator, Susan has been an adjunct professor, teaching an introductory pharmacology course for students in the pharmacy technician, medical assisting and respiratory therapy programs at a community college.
She also taught medical terminology and medical transcription courses there for many years, and she developed the bachelor’s and master’s curricula for the International Institute of Original Medicine. Susan was the co-leader for many medical transcription instructor training sessions, sponsored by Health Professions Institute. She was also a guest speaker at several seminars to prepare students to take health information management national certification examinations, sponsored by Stevens College.
About The Publisher –
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Book Contents –
UNIT I: Introduction To Pharmacology –
Introduction to Pharmacology Drug Testing, Drug Forms, and Drug Measurements Prescriptions and Using Drugs Therapeutically
UNIT II: Drugs Related To A Body System –
Gastrointestinal Drugs Analgesic Drugs and Musculoskeletal Drugs Respiratory Drugs Cardiovascular Drugs Hematologic Drugs Anti-Infective Drugs Urinary Drugs Reproductive Drugs Neurologic Drugs Psychiatric Drugs Endocrine Drugs Integumentary and Ophthalmic Drugs
UNIT III: Appendices –
Cancer Drugs Appendix Vaccines Appendix Emergency Drugs, Intravenous Fluids, Blood Products, and Anesthetic Drugs Top Drugs by Sales and Prescriptions for 2019 Key Words with Definitions Abbreviations, Short Forms, Symbols, and Their Meanings Suffixes Common to Generic Drugs and Drug Categories Error-Prone Abbreviations and Symbols
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