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Medicines Management for Nursing Associates
About this book
The first medicines management textbook for trainee nursing associates!
Effectively managing and administering medicines is a core responsibility for all nursing associates. This book covers everything a trainee nursing associate needs to master, from understanding the fundamental legal and professional requirements to developing essential drug calculations skills. This often-overwhelming subject is broken down into manageable chunks, with students taken step-by-step through the theory before practicing what they've learnt with the help of insightful case studies and activities.
Key features:
- Written specifically to address the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role and fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency (2018).
- Activities help trainees get to grips with the key skills and responsibilities of the role and allow them to practice calculations.
- Wide-ranging case studies cover all fields and a variety of clinical settings to show how this knowledge applies to practice.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Understanding Nursing Associate Practice series (UNAP) is a new collection of books uniquely designed to support trainee nursing associates throughout their training and into a professional career.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Advertisement
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Legal and professional considerations for medicines management
- Chapter 2 The human body, ageing and the disease process
- Chapter 3 Principles of pharmacology
- Chapter 4 Safe medicines administration
- Chapter 5 Numeracy skills for drug calculations
- Chapter 6 Medication management in the modern age
- Chapter 7 Case studies: Applying principles to practice
- Glossary
- References
- Index