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Practical Prescribing for Nurses
Developing Competency and Skill
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eBook - ePub
Practical Prescribing for Nurses
Developing Competency and Skill
About this book
Preparing nurses for prescribing with a complete overview of the knowledge, theory and skills for safe and effective practice.
This accessible and engaging textbook covers the full spectrum of knowledge from the policy and legal aspects of working with medicines, through to the pharmacology of drugs as well as the practical skills required to make a diagnosis and work effectively with patients. It is structured around the Royal Pharmaceutical Society framework for all prescribers and the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. A complete resource that will ensure students are fully prepared and ready to prescribe.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Detailed Contents
- Abbreviations Used in the Text
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Nurse Prescribing
- 2 Prescribing Resources and Competency Frameworks
- 3 The Consultation, Diagnostic Processes, Differential Diagnosis and Influences on Prescribing
- 4 Putting Shared Decision-making into Practice
- 5 Understanding Patients' Medicines-related Values, Beliefs and Expectations and Safeguarding
- 6 An Introduction to Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Prescribing Antimicrobials
- 7 Medicines Requiring Particular Care when Prescribing
- 8 Prescribing for Particular Patient Groups
- 9 Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions
- 10 Prescription Writing, Including Risk of Remote Prescribing
- 11 Transition to Prescriber and Deprescribing
- Glossary
- Appendix 1: The Competency Framework for All Prescribers
- Appendix 2: Antibiotic ‘superbugs’
- Appendix 3: Calculations
- Index
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Yes, you can access Practical Prescribing for Nurses by Barry Strickland-Hodge,Rebecca Dickinson,Helen Bradbury in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.