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Zusatztext Useful and pocke-sized, this handbook has been updated to incorporate recent legislation and professional guidance for prescribers... It offers an impressive amount of accesible, practical and evidence-based information. Informationen zum Autor Sue Beckwith PhD, BA (hons), RGN has worked within the NHS, latterly as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Diabetes (1983-1999) and in academia as Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Care at Oxford Brookes University, and as a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC) at the University of Hertfordshire. Sue is on the Editorial Board for the Practice Nursing Journal.Penny Franklin MA, Dip N, Cert Higher Education and Health Studies, RGN, RHV, RCN is a Fellow of the Institute of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. She has worked as a Community Specialist Public Health Nurse 1986-2001 and as a Public Health Lead. Penny is a Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber. She is now employed as Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at the University of Plymouth with a remit for Health Studies and Prescribing. Penny is also an Advisor on behalf of the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association for the Community Practitioners Formulary for Nurse Prescribers and a member of the Association for Nurse Prescribing. Klappentext This new edition is fully revised to provide concise, practical, and expert advice for the non-medical prescriber. Intended for all levels, it covers basic pharmacology, legal parameters, safe and effective prescribing and common conditions. Written by experienced nurse prescribers, it contains a wealth of guidance and information. Zusammenfassung This new edition is fully revised to provide concise, practical, and expert advice for the non-medical prescriber. Intended for all levels, it covers basic pharmacology, legal parameters, safe and effective prescribing and common conditions. Written by experienced nurse prescribers, it contains a wealth of guidance and information. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What is a non-medical prescriber 2: Principles of supplementary prescribing 3: Clinical management plans 4: Basic principles of pharmacology 5: Potential and unwanted effects 6: Safe prescribing 7: Consideration of product choice 8: Review 9: Working as a non-medical prescriber 10: Practical prescribing 11: Prescribing for special groups 12: Medical conditions 13: Complementary and alternative medicines and over-the-counter drugs 14: Audit 15: Evidence-based prescribing 16: Managing the role 17: Responsibilities 18: Working outside the UK ...
