Pharmacology refers to the study of the functions of drugs and the effects on living systems. The main basic principles of pharmacology include pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacognosy. All these principles are related to nursing because it provides clinicians with the essential pharmacology information they require in order to administer drugs effectively and safely. It also promotes clinical reasoning related to nursing pharmacology.
Pharmaceutics is the study of how various drugs influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics activities. The second is pharmacokinetic, which is the study of what the body react to the drug that is absorption, distribution, metabolism and ...
