Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Children's Nurses (eBook)

Ian Peate, OBE FRCN is Principal, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar; Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing. Peter Dryden is a Programme Lead for Children's Nursing and a Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, UK. He has worked on a number of National and Regional developments such as National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) standards for IBD.

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Prefixes and suffixes

Abbreviations

About the companion website

1. Introduction to Pharmacology, Children and Young People

Jane Callum

2. How to use Pharmaceutical and Prescribing Reference Guides

Claire Pryor, Annette Hand and Elaine Walls

3. Legal and Ethical Issues

Sasha Ban and Peter Dryden

4. Medicines Management and the Role of the Health Care Provider Working with Children, Young People and Families

Barbara Davies and Christine English

5. Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics

Barry Hill, Jaden Allan and Claire Camara

6. Drug Formulations

Sinéad Greener and Louise Carr

7. Medications used in the Cardiovascular System

Anthony Garbutt and Noreen Kilkenny

8. Medications used in the Renal System

Katherine Drape, Sadie Diamond Fox and Alexandra Gatehouse

9. Medications used in the Endocrine System

Jackie O'Sullivan

10. Medications used in the Respiratory System

Claire Fagan, Janis Bloomer, Alison Sewell, Carol Sharpe and Harriet Minto

11. Gastroenterology

Liz Gormley-Fleming

12. Medications used in the Nervous System

Sophie Gilmour-Ivens

13. The Immune System and Immunisations

Sarah Greenshields

14. Medications and the Integumentary System

Sasha Ban and Peter Dryden

15. Medications used in Children and Young Peoples Mental Health

Lingwood L, Stephenson, E. and Stavert L

16. Medications used in Children and Young People's cancer

Elaine Walls and Leah Rosengarten

17. Analgesics

Claire Ford and Matthew Robertson

18. Antimicrobial Medications

Leah Rosengarten

19. Adverse Drug Reactions

Claire Pryor and Carol Wills

Index