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Medicines Management for Nurses at a Glance
At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare) 1. Aufl.
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28,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 08.12.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781118840672 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 128 |
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<p><i>Medicines Management for Nurses at a Glance</i> is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration nursing and healthcare students. Combining superb full colour illustrations with accessible and informative text, it provides an easy-to-read and supportive guide to the key pharmacological knowledge nursing students and registered nurses need to know.</p> <p>Divided into three sections, the first introduces key topics within clinical pharmacology and medicines management including, numeracy, pharmacokinetics, routes of administration, and pharmacodynamics. The second and final sections cover the management of medicines for common medical conditions, drug interactions, side effects, and safe and effective prescribing.</p> <ul> <li>Written specifically for nurses, it covers the fundamentals of pharmacology as they apply to nursing practice.</li> <li>Breaks down complex concepts in an accessible way, providing helpful overviews of all key pharmacological topics. </li> <li>Includes practical issues relating to practice, and is written to support the Essential Skills Cluster of the NMC, and the content of the BNF.</li> <li>Includes content relevant to each of the four fields of nursing, and covers drugs for specific groups such as children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the elderly.</li> </ul> <p>A companion website is available at <a href="http://www.ataglanceseries.com/nursing/medicinesmanagement">www.ataglanceseries.com/nursing/medicinesmanagement</a> featuring interactive multiple choice questions.</p>
<p>Preface vii</p> <p>About the companion website ix</p> <p><b>Part 1 Introduction to Pharmacology and Medicines Management 1</b></p> <p>1 Why is managing medicines important in nursing? 2</p> <p>2 Keeping up to date with medicines management 4</p> <p>3 What is a medicine? 6</p> <p>4 Medicines nomenclature: what’s in a name? 8</p> <p>5 Numeracy and medicines management 10</p> <p>6 Clinical pharmacokinetics I 12</p> <p>7 Clinical pharmacokinetics II 14</p> <p>8 Routes of administration I 16</p> <p>9 Routes of administration II 18</p> <p>10 Pharmacodynamics I 20</p> <p>11 Pharmacodynamics II 22</p> <p><b>Part 2 Managing medicines 25</b></p> <p>12 Dyspepsia 26</p> <p>13 Acute diarrhoea and constipation 28</p> <p>14 Chronic bowel disease 30</p> <p>15 Nausea and vomiting 32</p> <p>16 Anti-anginals 34</p> <p>17 Anti-arrhythmics 36</p> <p>18 Heart failure 38</p> <p>19 Hypertension 40</p> <p>20 Diuretics 42</p> <p>21 Respiratory conditions I 44</p> <p>22 Respiratory conditions II 46</p> <p>23 Opioid analgesics 48</p> <p>24 Anxiolytics and hypnotics 50</p> <p>25 Antipsychotics 52</p> <p>26 Depression 54</p> <p>27 Epilepsy 56</p> <p>28 Alcohol: detoxification 58</p> <p>29 Alcohol: maintaining abstinence 60</p> <p>30 Smoking cessation 62</p> <p>31 Fighting infection 64</p> <p>32 Antibiotics 66</p> <p>33 Diabetes: insulin 68</p> <p>34 Diabetes: antiglycaemics 70</p> <p>35 Thyroid conditions 72</p> <p>36 Oral contraception 74</p> <p>37 Anticoagulants 76</p> <p>38 Antiplatelet drugs 78</p> <p>39 Musculoskeletal disorders 80</p> <p>40 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and non-opioid analgesics 82</p> <p>41 Topical agents and emollients 84</p> <p>42 Topical steroids 86</p> <p><b>Part 3 Safe and effective medicines management 89</b></p> <p>43 Medicines management in pregnancy and breastfeeding 90</p> <p>44 Medicines management in children 92</p> <p>45 Medicines management in elderly people 94</p> <p>46 Medicines management in people with hepatic and renal impairment 96</p> <p>47 Drug interactions 98</p> <p>48 Adverse drug reactions 100</p> <p>49 Pharmacovigilance 102</p> <p>50 Classification of medicines 104</p> <p>Index 107</p>
<p><b>Simon Young</b>, Academic Subject Manager - Medicines Management and Prescribing, Faculty of Life Science and Education, University of South Wales</p> <p><b>Ben Pitcher</b>, Senior Lecturer - Medicines Management and Prescribing, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales</p>
<p>The market-leading <i>at a Glance</i> series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.</p> <p><b>Everything you need to know about Medicines Management... <i>at a Glance!</i></b></p> <p>Medicines Management for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration nursing and healthcare students. Combining superb full-colour illustrations with accessible and informative text, it provides an easy-to-read and supportive guide to the key pharmacological knowledge nursing students and registered nurses need to know.</p> <p>Divided into three sections, the first introduces key topics within clinical pharmacology and medicines management including numeracy, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The second and third sections cover the management of medicines for common medical conditions and topics such as drug interactions, side effects, and safe and effective medicines administration. </p> <ul> <li>Written specifically for nurses, it covers the fundamentals of pharmacology as they apply to nursing practice.</li> <li>Breaks down complex concepts in an accessible way, providing helpful overviews of all key pharmacological topics.</li> <li>Includes practical issues relating to practice, and is written to support the Essential Skills Clusters of the NMC, and the content of the BNF.</li> <li>Includes content relevant to each of the four fields of nursing, and covers issues relating to specific groups such as children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the elderly.</li> </ul> <p>A companion website is available at www.ataglanceseries.com/nursing/medicinesmanagement, featuring a range of multiple choice and reflective questions.</p> <p>For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: <a href="http://www.wileynursing.com">www.wileynursing.com</a></p> <p>To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email</p>
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