Understanding medicines management is central to the nursing role. As a nurse, you will need to make informed decisions about medicine use and optimisation, tailored to each patient. This book equips you with the theoretical and practical foundation to do just that. It covers all key components of medicines management, using a scenario-based approach to illustrate how each topic relates to your practice.
Key features
· Fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018)
· Scenarios and activities help you to translate the theory into nursing practice
· Acts as a stepping stone to support your readiness to undertake a prescribing qualification upon registration
Tabela de Conteúdo
Chapter 1: Commonly used medicines information resources
Chapter 2: What is a medicine?
Chapter 3: Legal and ethical considerations in medicines management
Chapter 4: Medicine formulation, routes of administration, and dosing
Chapter 5: Adverse effects of medicines and patient safety
Chapter 6: Medicines management considerations across the lifespan
Chapter 7: Societal implications of medicines use
Chapter 8: Evidence based medicines management
Sobre o autor
Simon Young is the Assistant Dean of the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity St David. He is registered practicing pharmacist and prescriber. His teaching role encompasses all aspects of managing medicines and prescribing and his research interests include safe and effective medicines use.
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