Understanding medicines management is central to the nursing role. As a nurse, you will need to make informed decisions about medicine use and optimisation that's tailored to each patient in your care. This book equips you with the theoretical and practical foundations to do just that. It covers the key components of medicines management for all fields, using a scenario-based approach to illustrate how each topic relates to your real-life practice .
Key features
· Fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018)
· Scenarios and activities help you to translate the theory into evidence-based practice, from injections and dosing to safety and ethics.
· Now with new discussions on medicines adherence, access to medicines, cultural competence and treating children.
· Acts as a stepping stone to support your readiness to undertake a prescribing qualification upon registration
Chapter 1: Finding reliable information about medicines
Chapter 2: What is a medicine?
Chapter 3: Legal and ethical considerations in medicine management
Chapter 4: Medicine formulation, routes of administration, and dosing
Chapter 5: Adverse effects of medicines and patient safety
Chapter 6: Medicines management across the lifespan
Chapter 7: Societal implications of medicines use
Chapter 8: Evidence-based medicines management
