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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792061203321

Autore

Harris Noel

Titolo

Nurses! test yourself in non-medical prescribing [[electronic resource] /] / Noel Harris and Diane Shearer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2013

ISBN

1-299-28165-6

0-335-24500-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Nurses! Test yourself in--

Altri autori (Persone)

ShearerDiane

Disciplina

615.14

Soggetti

Nurses - Prescription privileges

Drugs - Prescribing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Praise for this book; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Using this book; Guide to useful resources; 1 History of prescribing: independent and supplementary; 2 Drug development, marketing, and administration; 3 Drug licensing and handling; 4 Getting to know your BNF; 5 Legal and ethical issues in prescribing; 6 Principles of pharmacology; 7 Drug calculations; 8 Consultation skills and clinical decision making; 9 Therapeutic decision making and principles of safe prescribing; 10 Prescribing errors; 11 Adverse drug reactions

12 Cultural and religious issues13 Concordance; Glossary; References; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Designed as a revision and study aid for nurses undertaking Non-Medical Prescribing courses and modules, this book is written by two NMP lecturers and maps onto the likely topics for examination and testing.