Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

3rd Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-108-92851-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Written by a group of multi-professional authors, this fully updated third edition builds on the success of this classic text. The book explores a number of key areas for prescribers, including prescribing within a multidisciplinary team context, consultation skills, ethical and legal issues surrounding prescribing, the psychology and sociology of prescribing, and applied pharmacology. Among the other topics featured are monitoring skills, medicines concordance, evidence based prescribing, prescribing within a public health perspective, calculation skills, prescribing in dermatology, and minimizing the risk of prescribing errors. Each chapter has been revised and additional chapters on antimicrobial prescribing, education and training to become a prescriber, and a new section on renal impairment have been added. This book is an essential resource for both new and experienced prescribers and anyone undertaking the non-medical prescribing (NMP) programme including nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals and optometrists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Courtenay, Molly

Griffiths, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Pharmakologie in der Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Non-medical prescribing: An overview Molly Courtenay and Matt Griffiths; 2. Non-medical prescribing in a multidisciplinary team context Barbara Stuttle, Sam Sherrington and Dianne Hogg; 3. Consultation skills and decision making Gary Morris and Anne Baird; 4. Legal aspects of independent and supplementary prescribing Mark Gagan; 5. Ethical issues in independent and supplementary prescribing Jo Taylor and John Adams; 6. Psychology and sociology of prescribing Angel Chater and Hannah Family; 7. Applied pharmacology Kat Hall and Michele Cossey; 8. Monitoring skills (asthma, diabetes, renal impairment) Sharon Sturney, Sian Bodman and Sally Haslam; 9. Promoting concordance in prescribing interactions Sue Latter; 10. Evidenced-based prescribing Gerry Morrow; 11. Independent/supplementary prescribing: A public health perspective Sarah O'Brien; 12. Calculation skills Alison Eggleton; 13. Prescribing in practice: How it works Polly Buchanan; 14. Minimising the risk of prescribing error Cate Whittlesea; 15. Prescribing for undergraduate students Rosemary Lim and Molly Courtenay; 16. Antimicrobial prescribing Enrique Castro-Sanchez.

Über Autor(innen)

Griffiths, Matthew
Matt Griffiths previously a Nurse Practitioner and prescriber, now works as a Quality Improvement Nurse at the Royal United Hospital NHS Trust in Bath, and is also a Visiting Professor at Birmingham City University and an Independent Nurse Consultant.

Courtenay, Molly
Molly Courtenay is a Professor of Health Sciences at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales.