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Informationen zum Autor ABOUT THE AUTHOR Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust! Bristol! UK. Klappentext Anxious about managing medicines? Worried you ll make a mistake? This handy book is an essential guide for all nursing students, enabling you to understand the theory and practice of drug administration and facilitate your confidence and competence. Zusammenfassung Anxious about managing medicines? Worried you ll make a mistake? This handy book is an essential guide for all nursing students! enabling you to understand the theory and practice of drug administration and facilitate your confidence and competence. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi THE 24-HOUR CLOCK xii 1 DRUG ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1 2 PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS 19 3 DRUGS AND MEDICINES 35 4 ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION 47 5 ADMINISTRATION OF INJECTIONS 65 6 CALCULATIONS FOR WORKING OUT DOSAGES 83 7 ADMINISTRATION OF RECTAL AND VAGINAL PREPARATIONS 99 8 ADMINISTRATION OF TOPICAL PREPARATIONS 111 9 ADMINISTRATION OF INHALATION MEDICATIONS AND NEBULISERS 127 10 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS 141 11 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS BOLUS MEDICATIONS 159 12 ADMINISTRATION OF CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS 169 13 ADMINISTRATION VIA PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY! PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC JEJUNOSTOMY OR NASOGASTRIC TUBE 177 14 DRUGS AND SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS 191 15 PAIN MANAGEMENT 203 16 KNOWLEDGE TEST 219 ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES! QUESTIONS AND "TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE" 227 APPENDIX 1: SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: "MEDICINES MANAGEMENT" 243 APPENDIX 2: A TYPICAL PRESCRIPTION CHART 253 BIBLIOGRAPHY 259 INDEX 263
