Medicines Management in Children's Nursing

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84445-470-9
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 434 g

Reihe: Transforming Nursing Practice Series

Children's nurses must develop the crucial skills of correct medicines management and calculations in order to provide safe care to their patients. This book specifically supports pre-registration students in meeting the required competencies for medicines management needed to pass formal assessment and qualify as a children's nurse. It is clearly structured around the NMC Essential Skills Clusters for medicines management, covering legal aspects, drugs calculations, administration, storage, record keeping, introductory pharmacology, patient communication and contextual issues in medication. The book is written in user-friendly language and uses patient scenarios to explain concepts and apply theory to practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blair, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Kinderkrankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Ausbildung in der Pflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Calculating Children's Medicines
Legal and Ethical Issues in Children's Medicines Management
Holistic Care and Treatment Options in Children's Nursing
Knowledge of Children's Medicines and Their Actions
Storing, Ordering and Receiving Medicines in Children's Nursing
Medicines Administration in Children's Nursing
Working in Partnership with Parents, Carers and Children in Medicines Management
Keeping up to Date and Evidence-Based Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Blair, Karen
Karen Blair was a Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Canterbury Christ Church University whilst writing this book. She has remained an honorary lecturer at Canterbury since taking up her present post as a nurse practitioner in General Practice in Norwich. She has worked in a wide range of children’s services since 1987, in both acute and community, the latter as a health visitor, nurse prescriber and nurse practitioner. She has an MSc in Advanced Paediatric Ambulatory Care, and worked in the UK’s first Children’s Walk-in-Centre in Liverpool before becoming a lecturer at Canterbury.