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Introducing Pharmacology provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to pharmacology for nursing and healthcare students.
This textbook is an essential companion for nursing, midwifery students and healthcare professions, as well as those on post-registration courses, studying to become independent prescribers.
List of contents
Part 1 Principles of pharmacology
1. Let’s start at basics: cells and how they work
2. Proteins as targets for drugs
3. A drug’s journey through the body
Part 2 The major drug groups
4. The cardiovascular system (1): Drugs for the management of cardiovascular disease
5. The cardiovascular system (2): Drugs for the management of hypertension and hypotension
6. Drugs for pain and inflammation
7. Disorders and drugs of the digestive system
8. Infection and antimicrobial drugs
9. Disorders and drugs of the respiratory system
10. Disorders and drugs of the endocrine system
11. Mental health and neurological disorders
12. Cancer and anti-cancer drugs
13. The development of new drugs
About the author
Roger McFadden, until his retirement, was a senior lecturer in pharmacology in the Faculty of Health at Birmingham City University (BCU). Roger spent many years teaching pharmacology to nurses and other health professionals. He helped develop BCU's acclaimed Non-medical Prescribers course, which has trained many hundreds of nurses to become independent prescribers.
Patricia Fell is a former Associate Professor at Birmingham City University (BCU), where she taught pharmacology and physiology to healthcare students for over 20 years. Now semi-retired, she continues to teach pharmacology on the Non-medical Prescribing course at BCU as a visiting lecturer.
Summary
Introducing Pharmacology provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to pharmacology for nursing and healthcare students. This textbook is an essential companion for nursing, midwifery students and healthcare professions, as well as those on post-registration courses, studying to become independent prescribers.
