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Non-medical prescribing : a course companion / edited by Alison Pooler.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drugs--Prescribing.
- Drugs.
- Nurses--Prescription privileges.
- Nurses.
- Nurse practitioners--Prescription privileges.
- Nurse practitioners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive resource for healthcare students and professional students studying non-medical prescribing, taking into account the RPS competency framework for non-medical prescribing. Non-Medical Prescribing: A Course Companion includes chapters on the context of non-medical prescribing ;pharmacology; professional, legal and ethical issues; psychological influences; working in multi-disciplinary teams; working with patients with complex conditions and co-morbidities; understanding antibiotics and resistances; prescription writing, and; the role of non-medical prescribing leads. Each chapter acts as a self-contained study module, with key facts and areas highlighted, illustrative clinical cases to link learning to practice, and a self-test quiz. Designed for professionals from a range of non-medical disciplines including nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, this book can be used at both pre- and post-registration level"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction and development of non-medical prescribing p. 1 / Alison Pooler
- 2 Pharmacology, drug interactions and adverse reactions p. 15 / Alison Pooler
- 3 Prescribing in co-morbidities and individual differences p. 40 / Alison Pooler
- 4 Clinical decision-making and assessment p. 68 / Erica Smith and Natalie Ruscoe
- 5 Legal, professional, policy and ethical aspects of prescribing p. 82 / Natalie Ruscoe and Erica Smith
- 6 Psychological influences and issues of concordance p. 102 / Alison Pooler
- 7 The public health context of prescribing p. 115 / Alison Pooler
- 8 Prescription writing p. 126 / Alison Pooler
- 9 The NMP leads and the multidisciplinary team in prescribing p. 136 / Alison Pooler and Tracy Hall.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780429299827
- 0429299826
- 9781000316988
- 100031698X
- 9781000300635
- 1000300633
- 9781000317640
- 1000317641
- OCLC:
- 1182021513
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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