Essentials of pharmacology for nurses

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The importance of pharmacology in regards to these ethical principles is that it helps the nurse achieve them. For example non- maleficence, the nurse uses their knowledge of pharmacology to safely administer, and monitor actions of the medication. Sound knowledge allows them to do this safely with no harm, and can also coincide with beneficence because the nurse knows they are doing well. For justice and veracity, the nurse maintains fairness and has the duty to tell the truth to the patient about their medications so pharmacology knowledge helps them explain that to the patient. The topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion. The overview of the cardiac system and the coagulation cascade might be a bit much for novice students. Stems are useful for making communication of drugs more precise to avoid prescribing errors.Having an unambiguous standard of names for each drug is important because many different brand names may sell a drug, or a branded medication may contain more than one drug. Common Drug Stems Cheat Sheet

Nurses and midwives make up the largest proportion of frontline healthcare professionals, representing nearly half of the 43.5 million health workers worldwide. However, it is estimated that 50% more will be needed by 2030 to meet the growing demand for global healthcare. Although public awareness of the selfless dedication of our nursing professionals has increased during the novel COVID-19 global pandemic, it shouldn’t take a pandemic for us to realise the value of our nurses and midwives. The work they’re doing now is the work they do every day of the week, 365 days of the year, come rain, hail, shine or global catastrophe.Many nursing students find themselves overwhelmed with the amount of information that they need to memorize to ace their pharmacology examinations; this is the reason why some people would rather quit studying and give up on what they have learned.

The Pharmacology Matters team have a series of articles and blogs planned to celebrate awareness days and weeks throughout the year. If you have ideas for future topics that align with a particular celebration, please get in touch at [email protected]. Individual drug guides and nursing considerations for the most common medications used in nursing pharmacology: Reviewed by Alicia Layne, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Bay Community College on 6/8/21 The book covers majority of the classifications of medications with a strong emphasis on nursing implications and safe medication administration. It includes action, indication, nursing considerations, adverse effects, patient teaching/education, and a medication grid for each classification. I also like that it includes a chapter on legal and ethical considerations for medication administration. Medications are group together by body system they work on, and the pharmacological classifications are appropriately placed.The layout of the textbook and the chapters is systematic for the learner. I like the strategic design for my style of teaching. It is easily divisible into smaller reading sections with medications being broke down into pharmacological classifications within each chapter. When it comes to studying pharmacology, the first thing first is to develop a study method that’s customized for you. Everyone has their own way of studying and it should be made according to your preferences. There are many ways on how students can study pharmacology like reading lecture notes, reviewing questions, attending lectures, studying textbooks, writing down summaries of what was learned during classes, etc. Learning What Material Is Essential to Know and What Is Not Rogers K and Scott W (2022) Nurses! Test yourself in essential calculation skills. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. The recent marketing of trastuzumab (Herceptin) is evidence of this. The drug is only effective in cases of breast cancer where the tumour over-expresses human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER 2). Before taking it patients must be genetically tested to ensure the drug is appropriate. Those who test positive for the presence of the protein are judged eligible for treatment.