Administering Medications: Pharmacology For Health Careers; Author: Gauwitz, Donna; Joint Author: Bayt, Phyllis Theiss; Paperback

Author: Gauwitz, Donna; Joint Author: Bayt, Phyllis Theiss
Edition #4; Paperback
496 pages
Published: August 1999
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
ISBN: 0028048768

-- Covers all the proper techniques and procedures for administering medications safely, competently, and with proper attention to the patient-- Completely revised with new drug names and current administration information -- plus new art diagrams-- New features include patient education in every chapter, caution features alerting students to critical patient care information,plus new chapters on vitamins, minerals, and herbs, and psychotropic drugsThis text provides the fundamentals of drug administration, drug laws, principles of pharmacology, drug handling procedures, physician's orders, routes of administration, dosage calculation and drug actions related to specific body systems and disorders.