Lehne's pharmacology for nursing care / Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum, DNSc, FNP-BC, CNE, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Department of Advanced Practice and Doctoral Studies, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, Laura D. Rosenthal, RN, DNP, ACNP-BC, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado ; in consultation with Beth Outland Jones, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDE, FASCP, Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington.

Preceded by Pharmacology for nursing care / Richard A. Lehne ; in consultation with Linda A. Moore, Leanna J. Crosby, Diane B. Hamilton. 8th ed. c2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I. Introduction -- Unit II. Basic Principles Of Pharmacology -- Unit III. Drug Therapy Across The Life Span -- Unit IV. Peripheral Nervous System Drugs -- Unit V. Central Nervous System Drugs -- Unit VI. Drugs That Affect Fluid And Electrolyte Balance -- Unit VII. Drugs That Affect The Heart, Blood Vessels,and Blood -- Unit VIII. Drugs For Endocrine Disorders -- Unit IX. Women's Health -- Unit X. Men's Health -- Unit XI. Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergic,and Immunologic Drugs -- Unit XII. Drugs For Bone And Joint Disorders -- Unit XIII. Respiratory Tract Drugs -- Unit XIV. Gastrointestinal Drugs -- Unit XV. Nutrition -- Unit XVI. Chemotherapy Of Infectious Diseases -- Unit XVII. Chemotherapy Of Parasitic Diseases -- Unit XVIII. Cancer Chemotherapy -- Unit XIX. Miscellaneous Drugs And Therapies -- Unit XX. Toxicology -- --

Unit I. Introduction -- 1. Orientation to Pharmacology -- 2. Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice -- 3. Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information -- -- Unit II. Basic Principles Of Pharmacology -- 4. Pharmacokinetics -- 5. Pharmacodynamics -- 6. Drug Interactions -- 7. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors -- 8. Individual Variation in Drug Responses -- -- Unit III. Drug Therapy Across The Life Span -- 9. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding -- 10. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients -- 11. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients -- -- Unit IV. Peripheral Nervous System Drugs -- 12. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology -- 13. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System -- 14. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists -- 15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis -- 16. Drugs That Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents -- 17. Adrenergic Agonists -- 18. Adrenergic Antagonists -- 19. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents -- -- Unit V. Central Nervous System Drugs -- 20. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology -- 21. Drugs for Parkinson's Disease -- 22. Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease -- 23. Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis -- 24. Drugs for Epilepsy -- 25. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity -- 26. Local Anesthetics -- 27. General Anesthetics -- 28. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics -- 29. Pain Management in Patients with Cancer -- 30. Drugs for Headache -- 31. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia -- 32. Antidepressants -- 33. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder -- 34. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs -- 35. Management of Anxiety Disorders -- 36. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- 37. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations -- 38. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol -- 39. Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking -- 40. Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine -- -- Unit VI. Drugs That Affect Fluid And Electrolyte Balance -- 41. Diuretics -- 42. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids -- -- Unit VII. Drugs That Affect The Heart, Blood Vessels,and Blood -- 43. Review of Hemodynamics -- 44. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System -- 45. Calcium Channel Blockers -- 46. Vasodilators -- 47. Drugs for Hypertension -- 48. Drugs for Heart Failure -- 49. Antidysrhythmic Drugs -- 50. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels -- 51. Drugs for Angina Pectoris -- 52. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs --

53. Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- 54. Drugs for Hemophilia -- 55. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias -- 56. Hematopoietic Agents -- -- Unit VIII. Drugs For Endocrine Disorders -- 57. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus -- 58. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders -- 59. Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function -- 60. Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex -- -- Unit IX. Women's Health -- 61. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications -- 62. Birth Control -- 63. Drug Therapy of Infertility -- 64. Drugs That Affect Uterine Function -- -- Unit X. Men's Health -- 65. Androgens -- 66. Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia -- -- Unit XI. Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergic,and Immunologic Drugs -- 67. Review of the Immune System -- 68. Childhood Immunization -- 69. Immunosuppressants -- 70. Antihistamines -- 71. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen -- 72. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders -- -- Unit XII. Drugs For Bone And Joint Disorders -- 73. Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 74. Drug Therapy of Gout -- 75. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization -- -- Unit XIII. Respiratory Tract Drugs -- 76. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 77. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds -- -- Unit XIV. Gastrointestinal Drugs -- 78. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease -- 79. Laxatives -- 80. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs -- -- Unit XV. Nutrition -- 81. Vitamins -- 82. Drugs for Weight Loss -- -- Unit XVI. Chemotherapy Of Infectious Diseases -- 83. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy -- 84. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins -- 85. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Vancomycin, Telavancin, Aztreonam, Teicoplanin, and Fosfomycin -- 86. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, and Others -- 87. Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis -- 88. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim -- 89. Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections -- 90. Antimycobacterial Agents: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection -- 91. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs: Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Rifampin, Rifaximin, Bacitracin, and Polymyxins -- 92. Antifungal Agents -- 93. Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections -- 94. Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections -- 95. Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- 96. Antiseptics and Disinfectants -- -- Unit XVII. Chemotherapy Of Parasitic Diseases -- 97. Anthelmintics -- 98. Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents -- 99. Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents -- 100. Ectoparasiticides -- -- Unit XVIII. Cancer Chemotherapy -- 101. Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy -- 102. Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents -- 103. Anticancer Drugs II: Hormonal Agents, Targeted Drugs, and Other Noncytotoxic Anticancer Drugs -- -- Unit XIX. Miscellaneous Drugs And Therapies -- 104. Drugs for the Eye -- 105. Drugs for the Skin -- 106. Drugs for the Ear -- 107. Additional Noteworthy Drugs -- 108. Complementary and Alternative Therapy -- -- Unit XX. Toxicology -- 109. Management of Poisoning -- 110. Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism.