McKenna's Pharmacology for Nursing, 2e - page 5

Contents
Preface vii
To the student using this text xii
Acknowledgements xii
PART 1 Introduction to nursing
pharmacology 1
1 Introduction to drugs 2
Sources of drugs 3
Drug evaluation 5
Legal regulation of drugs 8
Sources of drug information 11
2 Drugs and the body 15
Pharmacodynamics 16
Pharmacokinetics 19
Factors influencing drug effects 25
Optimal therapeutic effect 28
3 Toxic effects of drugs 31
Adverse events, adverse drug events and adverse drug
reactions 31
Adverse drug effects 32
Drug allergy 33
Drug-induced tissue and organ damage 33
4 Clinical decision making in drug therapy 42
Nursing: Art and science 43
Midwifery: Art and science 43
The clinical decision making process 43
Prevention of medication errors 46
5 Mathematics and dosage calculations 53
Basic mathematical calculations 54
Measuring systems 55
Calculating dose 55
6 Challenges to effective drug therapy 60
Consumer awareness 61
Over-the-counter drugs 62
Alternative therapies and herbal medicine 63
Off-label uses 64
Costs of healthcare and the importance of teaching 64
Drug abuse 66
Protecting the environment 68
PART 2 Chemotherapeutic agents 71
7 Introduction to cell physiology 72
The cell 73
Cell properties 75
Cell cycle 78
8 Anti-infective agents 81
Anti-infective agents 82
9 Antibiotics 90
Bacteria and antibiotics 91
Bacteria and resistance to antibiotics 94
Aminoglycosides 95
Carbapenems 97
Cephalosporins 99
Macrolides 103
Lincosamides 104
Monobactam antibiotic 104
Fluoroquinolones 106
Penicillins and penicillinase-resistant antibiotics 108
Sulfonamides 112
Tetracyclines 114
Antimycobacterials 118
New classes of antibiotics and adjuncts 121
10 Antiviral agents 126
Agents for influenza A and respiratory viruses 130
Agents for herpes and cytomegalovirus 132
Agents for HIV and AIDS 134
Anti-hepatitis B and C agents 144
Locally active antiviral agents 146
11 Antifungal agents 150
Systemic antifungals 151
Topical antifungals 157
12 Antiprotozoal agents 163
Malaria 164
Antimalarials 166
Other protozoal infections 170
Other antiprotozoal agents 172
13 Anthelmintic agents 179
Intestine-invading worm infections 180
Tissue-invading worm infections 181
Anthelmintics 183
14 Antineoplastic agents 190
Cancer 191
Antineoplastic drugs 192
Alkylating agents 195
Antimetabolites 200
Antineoplastic antibiotics 205
Mitotic inhibitors 209
Hormones and hormone modulators 212
Cancer cell–specific agents 218
Miscellaneous antineoplastics 222
PART 3 Drugs acting on the immune
system 227
15 Introduction to the immune response and
inflammation 228
Body defences 229
Pathophysiology involving the immune system 237