Pharmacology and the Nursing Process
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ISBN: 9780323087896
Author: Linda Lane Lilley
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
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Chapter 2, Problem 2O
Summary Introduction
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Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in drug therapy and nursing process.
Pharmacology is the branch of science that deals with the study of drugs and its mechanism of action inside the living system. Pharmacology is essential in the medical field which helps to understand the drug development for new diseases and drug production at a feasible rate.
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