Pharmacology help!

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Hi I am currently taking Pharmacology in nursing school and would like to know any good books or links I can use in my current course work.

thanks for any help in advance.

Benjamin:)

Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Good point. Every time you buy a textbook you are helping to pay for the maintenance of those websites. Get the access codes from your school (the instructor or the bookstore) and keep bugging them or try to get in contact with the salesman who sells to the bookstore for these access codes if they say they don't have them. I also suggest you check out the internet links they list for each of the chapters at the online connection sites if you have time as some of them, although not all, are very good.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

new breastfeeding & medications resource - lactmed

drugs and lactation database (lactmed) - a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.

the national library of medicine just released a new database, lactmed, on drugs and breastfeeding. it is part of toxnet and can be searched together with all the toxnet database or separately. it is a web-based collection of resources covering toxicology, chemical safety, and environmental health. geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother, lactmed contains over 450 drug records. it includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the american academy of pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider.

lactmed search

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

latest evidenced-based data on antibiotics in this free article. very thorough review. ce exam is also free:

antibiotics review

choosing an antibacterial agent can be challenging, given the wide array of drugs available. learning the important properties and uses of these drugs is made easier by the fact that they are grouped in classes based on their biochemical structure. members of a drug class share characteristics such as clearance, mechanism of action, absorption, and side effects; knowing these shared properties makes it easier to choose the appropriate agent for a particular patient. in addition, it is easier to quickly grasp the strengths and weaknesses of a newly marketed antibiotic if you understand the general pharmacology of its class. a good grasp of the use of specific agents to target specific bacteria leads to improved clinical response to treatment and a decrease in the likelihood of the development of microbial resistance. this course serves as a review of the classes of antibiotics and their characteristics as well as an overview of the individual antibiotics that are currently available for use by the practitioner.

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Specializes in NICU.

i found it is extremely for me to memorise all the drugs' action, mechanism, side effects and nursing intervention

these websites are really useful !

thanks a lot !

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

student review questions & drug class review exercises - lots of useful information!

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

pharmacology quiz

http://www.crnasomeday.com/ph_basics.htm

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Hope these mnemonics help. I made them up while studying for Pharm test. It's receptor sites. It will also help with drugs that are alpha1, alpha 2, beta 1 and beta 2 blockers.

Adrenergic Receptor = Add energy

Alpha1

Be save people!

B-Bladder

S-Sex organ(male)

A-arterioles- including skin, viscera, mucus membranes

V-Veins

E-Eye

P-Prostate capsule

3x the charm - Bladder, Eye, Prostate capsule = contraction

2x constriction- veins and arterioles

1 ejaculation- sex organ (male)

Alpha2

Presynaptic nerve terminals

- People never take transmission

job- inhibition of transmitter release

Beta1

Halloween Kandy

H-Heart

K-kidney

F.A.R up- Force contractility, rate, av conduction all up

Beta2

Behind a usual living spot

B-Bronchi -dilation

A- arterioles-dilation

U-uterus- relax

L- liver- glycogenlysis

S- skeletal muscles- contraction enchanced, glycogenlysis

David's dog ruffs gladly

D-dilation

D-dilation

R- relax

G-glycogenlysis

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Excellent PDF file:

Medications for Nursing Students

Another one:

Medication Administration

These are chapters out of nursing textbooks.

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Try Reviews and rationales for pharmacology, it's an excellent book

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Hi! I'm new here, I guess it's right to post my question here. . .

may I know some medications used in the operating room???

please reply with their uses, nsg. mgts, and contraindications.

thanks so much. ^_^

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Hello,

Im after a copy of something like the mims that i can down load to a palm pilot to look up drugs with, that tells the different names, normal doses, side effects and other drugs it reacts to. thanks

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