Mutsatsa Mental Health Medicines Management for Nurses

3., Third
ISBN: 978-1-5264-7357-8
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten, EPUB3

Reihe: Transforming Nursing Practice Series

Mental Health Medicines Management for Nurses provides nursing students with guidance on how to manage medicines safely and effectively when treating patients with mental health conditions. It outlines how psychiatric drugs work, what the common treatments are, the ethical, legal, and person-centred aspects of working with psychiatric medicines, and how medicines can and should be used in mental health care. Using innovative activities and real-life case studies, this book has been carefully designed to be the ideal resource to build knowledge and confidence in this important area of practice.


Key features:

Updated in-line with the latest NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses.
Includes clear explanations of both the underlying biology and pharmacology as well as the wider practicalities of working with medicines.
Highlights the most common mental health conditions and associated treatments, including coverage of the possible side effects for all drugs described in the book.
NEW: Increased emphasis on prescribing with new content on consultation, history taking, and decision-making when prescribing.
NEW: Updated sections on ethics, consent, pharmacokinetics, antipsychotics, and adverse drug reactions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mutsatsa, Stanley

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Legal and ethical aspects of medicines management in mental health

Chapter 2: The therapeutic alliance and the promotion of adherence to psychotropic medication

Chapter 3: Essential anatomy and physiology of the brain related to psychopharmacology

Chapter 4: Principles of pharmacology and medicine interactions

Chapter 5: Principles of prescribing and medicines administration

Chapter 6: Management and treatment of major depression

Chapter 7: Management and treatment of bipolar disorder

Chapter 8: Management and treatment of psychotic disorders

Chapter 9: Management and treatment of dementias

Chapter 10: Management and treatment of anxiety disorders

Chapter 11: Management and treatment of substance use disorders

Chapter 12: Adverse drug reactions and the management of medicine side effects

Über Autor(innen)

Mutsatsa, Stanley
Stan Mutsatsa was a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at City University London.