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Medicine Management Skills for Nurses
Student Survival Skills 1. Aufl.
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11,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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| Veröffentl.: | 19.02.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781118448878 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 280 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>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.</p> <p>This essential guide explores the theory and practice of drug administration briefly and coherently, with ‘test your knowledge’ exercises and questions throughout to assess your learning. It also includes ‘words of wisdom’- tips from real life students from their own experiences. Ideal for carrying to clinical placements, <i>Medicine Management Skills</i> <i>for Nurses</i> is an essential guide to drugs and medicine administration.</p> <p><b>Special features:</b></p> <b>-</b> Pocket sized for portability <br /> - Clear, straightforward, and jargon-free<b><br /> -</b> Takes away the fear of drugs and medicines management, making it approachable, easy and fun<br /> - Features tips and advice from real life nursing students <br /> - Ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration education and the Essential Skills Clusters <br /> - Examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare examples
<p>Preface vii</p> <p>Introduction ix</p> <p>Acknowledgements xi</p> <p>The 24-Hour Clock xii</p> <p> 1 Drug Administration: General Principles 1</p> <p> 2 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 19</p> <p> 3 Drugs and Medicines 35</p> <p> 4 Oral Drug Administration 47</p> <p> 5 Administration of Injections 65</p> <p> 6 Calculations For Working Out Dosages 83</p> <p> 7 Administration of Rectal and Vaginal Preparations 99</p> <p> 8 Administration of Topical Preparations 111</p> <p> 9 Administration of Inhalation Medications and Nebulisers 127</p> <p>10 Administration of Intravenous Fluids 141</p> <p>11 Administration of Intravenous Bolus Medications 159</p> <p>12 Administration of Continuous Intravenous Infusions 169</p> <p>13 Administration via Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy Or Nasogastric Tube 177</p> <p>14 Drugs and Specific Medical Conditions 191</p> <p>15 Pain Management 203</p> <p>16 Knowledge Test 219</p> <p>Answers To Activities, Questions and “Test Your Knowledge” 227</p> <p>Appendix 1: Specific Competencies: “Medicines Management” 243</p> <p>Appendix 2: A Typical Prescription Chart 253</p> <p>Bibliography 259</p> <p>Index 263</p>
<p>“Overall, it provides good commentary on a range of themes pertaining to medicines management for nursing students.” (<i>Primary Health Care</i>, 1 October 2013)</p>
<b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b><br /><b>Claire Boyd</b> is a Practice Development Trainer at North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
<p>Survive managing drug administration with this essential guide for all student nurses.</p> <p>Providing words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, <i>Medicine Management Skills for Nurses</i> enables you to understand the theory and practice of drug administration – boosting your confidence and competence in this core area of nursing practice.</p> <p><b>Special features</b></p> <ul> <li>Developed by students for students</li> <li>Clear, straightforward and jargon-free</li> <li>Takes away the fear of drugs and medicines management, making it approachable, easy and fun</li> <li>Features tips and advice from real-life nursing students</li> <li>Ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration education and the Essential Skills Clusters</li> <li>Examples and questions based on real-life nursing and healthcare situations</li> </ul>
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