Practical Prescribing for Nurses: Developing Competency and Skill

Author:   Barry Strickland Hodge ,  Rebecca Dickinson ,  Helen Bradbury
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
ISBN:  

9781529603798


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   27 March 2024
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $219.94 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Practical Prescribing for Nurses: Developing Competency and Skill


Add your own review!

Overview

Preparing nurses for prescribing with a complete overview of the knowledge, theory and skills for safe and effective practice. This accessible and engaging textbook covers the full spectrum of knowledge from the policy and legal aspects of working with medicines, through to the pharmacology of drugs as well as the practical skills required to make a diagnosis and work effectively with patients. It is structured around the Royal Pharmaceutical Society framework for all prescribers and the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. A complete resource that will ensure students are fully prepared and ready to prescribe.

Full Product Details

Author:   Barry Strickland Hodge ,  Rebecca Dickinson ,  Helen Bradbury
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Sage Publications Ltd
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781529603798


ISBN 10:   152960379
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   27 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The development of prescribing outside medicine and dentistry Chapter 2: Prescribing resources and competency frameworks Chapter 3: The consultation, diagnostic processes, differential diagnosis and influences on prescribing Chapter 4: Putting shared decision making into practice Chapter 5: Understanding patients medicines-related values, beliefs and expectations and safeguarding Chapter 6: An introduction to pharmacology and therapeutics and prescribing antimicrobials Chapter 7: Medicines requiring particular care when prescribing Chapter 8: Prescribing for Particular Patient Groups Chapter 9: Adverse drug reactions and interactions Chapter 10: Prescription writing including risk of remote prescribing Chapter 11: Transition to Prescriber and Deprescribing

Reviews

Author Information

Barry Strickland-Hodge MSc, PhD, FRPharmS, FHEA, Visiting Professor of Prescribing Practice at the University of Leeds and a doctoral supervisor for students at the university of Derby. He was a prescribing adviser to GP practices in Newham and Belfast for 15 years. He developed the prescribing course for pharmacists at the University of Leeds in 2003, with the first intake in 2004. Barry has an interest in the history of medicine and pharmacy and became an apothecary in 1990. He has written a number of books and papers on prescribing and information systems. Rebecca Dickinson PhD, RGN, is programme lead for adult nursing at the University of Leeds and Chair of the School Ethics Committee. She supports teaching on the independent and supplementary prescribing course for nurses and midwives. Rebecca is interested in how to optimally support patients with understanding about taking their medicines and has a particular interest in promoting understanding of how risk of harm, likelihood of benefit and uncertainty about medicines are communicated to patients. Rebecca’s PhD was jointly supported by the University of Leeds and the MHRA and focused on the provision of a headline section and additional benefit information in regulated patient information leaflets. Helen Bradbury BSc., (Pharm)., MEd., FRPharmS., FHEA,. Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Leeds. Helen worked in the NHS as a hospital pharmacist for 20 years before commencing her academic career. Helen’s subject specialities are clinical education, with an interest in pharmacy education, personal and professional development and interprofessional education. In her last role as professional lead for pharmacy she advised on the delivery of the independent prescribing programmes for nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals. She has published on reflective practice, interprofessional education and prescribing for medical students.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

wl

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List