Medicines Management

A Guide for Nurses

Philip Jevon, Liz Payne, Dan Higgins, Ruth Endecott (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2010
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Verlag)
978-1-4051-8163-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Philip Jevon, RN BSc(Hons) PGCE, is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK. Elizabeth Payne, BSc(Hons) in Pharmacy, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, MRPharmS, is Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Education, Training and Staff Performance, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK. Dan Higgins, RGN, ENB 100, ENB 998, is Senior Charge Nurse Critical Care, University HospitalsBirmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Consultant/Honorary Lecturer Resuscitation Services UK and Visiting Clinical Lecturer at University of Birmingham, UK. Ruth Endacott is Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Plymouth, UK andLa Trobe University, Australia.

Foreword ( Jane Hare). Contributors list. Chapter 1 Introduction to medicines management (Ruth Endacott). Chapter 2 Legal issues of medicines management (Richard Griffith). Chapter 3 Safety in medicines management (Elizabeth Payne). Chapter 4 Prescription of medicines (Elizabeth Payne). Chapter 5 Systems for medicines administration (Kate Roland and Ruth Endacott). Chapter 6 Principles of safe administration of medicines (Dan Higgins). Chapter 7 Medication errors (Ruth Endacott). Chapter 8 Basic pharmacology of common medications (Gareth Walters). Chapter 9 Administration of oral medication (Brian Gammon and Dan Higgins). Chapter 10 Administration of injections (Janet Hunter). Chapter 11 Administration of intravenous fluids and medicines (Dan Higgins). Chapter 12 Miscellaneous routes of medication administration (Matthew Aldridge). Chapter 13 Medicines management in children (Elizabeth Payne). Chapter 14 Nurse prescribing (Elizabeth Payne). Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.4.2010
Reihe/Serie	Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
Verlagsort	Chicester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 192 mm
Gewicht	302 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10	1-4051-8163-X / 140518163X
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-8163-1 / 9781405181631
Zustand	Neuware