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Medicines management : a guide for nurses / edited by Philip Jevon ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Essential clinical skills for nurses.
- Essential clinical skills for nurses
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drugs--Administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Drugs.
- Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Nursing.
- Therapeutics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Therapeutics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Medicines Management provides a concise exploration of the nurse's role in medicines management. It explains what is meant by medicines management, discusses the current professional and legal context, gives insight into the reasons why mistakes are made, and focuses on the principles of safe drug administration.
- Contents:
- Medicines Management: A Guide for Nurses; Contents; Foreword; Contributors List; 1: Introduction to Medicines Management; 2: Legal Issues of Medicines Management; 3: Safety in Medicines Management; 4: Prescription of Medicines; 5: Systems for Medicines Administration; 6: Principles of Safe Administration of Medicines; 7: Medication Errors; 8: Basic Pharmacology of Common Medications; 9: Administration of Oral Medication; 10: Administration of Injections; 11: Administration of Intravenous Fluids and Medicines; 12: Miscellaneous Routes of Medication Administration
- 13: Medicines Management in Children14: Nurse Prescribing; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612550003
- 9781282550001
- 1282550004
- 9781444319750
- 1444319752
- 9781444319767
- 1444319760
- OCLC:
- 609862753
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