Understanding Pharmacology in Nursing Practice

01 Legal and ethical issues associated with medication.- 02 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.- 03 Drug Formulations.- 04 Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug Interactions.- 05 Pharmacology of pain.- 06 Antimicrobials.- 07 Medications used for the Cardiovascular system.- 08 Medications used for the Renal system.- 09 Medications used for Diabetes Melitus.- 10 Medications used for the Respiratory system.- 11 Medications used for the Gastro-intestinal system.- 12 Medications used for the Central nervous system.- 13 Medications used for Mental health illness.- 14 Medications used for Cancer.

Mrs Hood has had many years of clinical and academic experience. Her focus of clinical practice was perioperative nursing.Mrs Hood was a lecturer at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative care, King's College London from 1995 and undertook a range of teaching, managerial and academic roles until her retirement. Mrs Hood pioneered pharmacology education at the Faculty and from 1999 she and Dr Khan developed and promoted pharmacology education for nurses and midwives. Mrs Hood has published a range of papers and texts and was the editor of the Journal of Advanced Perioperative Care.Dr Khan, is a senior lecturer in nurse education at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative care, King's College London. His focus of clinical practice is cardiac nursing and he has a PhD in physiology. Dr Khan and Mrs Hood developed pre-registration and post-qualification pharmacology modules at the Faculty. Currently Dr Khan leads pharmacology education for nursing at the Faculty. Dr Khan has received a number of Teaching Excellence awards from King's College London and currently his research is centred upon pharmacology education in nursing curricula together with the use of technology enhanced learning in education. Dr Khan has published extensively in nursing and other healthcare journals.