Administration of Drugs

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Figure 2.1 In following the “five + 1 rights” of medication administration, you always verify that the “right patient” is receiving the medication by using two identifiers, one of which…

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Antibacterial Drugs—Sulfonamides

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DRUG CLASSES Single sulfonamide agents Urinary anti-infective combinations Topical preparations PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Each chapter in this book features a specific case study corresponding to the drug therapy in each…

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Opioid Antagonists

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DRUG CLASSES Opioid antagonist An antagonist is a substance that counteracts the action of something else. A drug that is an opioid antagonist has a greater affinity for a cell…

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Anesthetic Drugs

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DRUG CLASSES Local anesthetics Preanesthetics General anesthetic agents Anesthesia is a loss of feeling or sensation. Anesthesia may be induced by various drugs that can bring about partial or complete…

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General Principles of Pharmacology

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  NURSING ALERT Study the patterns used in the naming of drugs. This may help you to identify names and prevent medication errors. Certain portions of the drug name may be…

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The Nursing Process

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Figure 4.1 The nursing process as it relates to administration of medication. An ongoing assessment is one that is made at the time of each patient contact and may include…

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Colligative Properties of Solutions

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Unless something disturbs a solution (e.g., extreme solute concentration or temperature), there is normally no reason to fear its stability, aside from potential microbial contamination. It should be remembered that…

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Solubility and Dissolution

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where dm/dt = solute dissolution rate (kg · s−1) m = mass of dissolved material (kg) t = time (s) A = surface area of the solute particle (m2) D…

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Disperse Systems – Colloids

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Figure 6.1    Hydrophilic colloid Hydrophilic groups attached to a colloidal particle can help particle stability by adding more repulsion between particles via electrostatic forces. Lyophobic colloids, in contrast (to lyophilic colloids),…

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