Pharmacology & Drug Management for Nurses 3e

An understanding of medicines and their effects on patients remains a crucial area of nursing knowledge. This book provides a thorough foundation upon which nurses can build their clinical experience to achieve competence. It not only provides information on the actions of drugs on the body but also gives clear guidance on the practical aspects of medicines management in both hospital and community. Organisation of the text broadly follows the British National Formulary for ease of use.This unique approach of combining clinical pharmacology, medicines management and the provision of practice advice will be invaluable to pre and post-registration students at both degree and diploma level, registered nurses in practice and nurses returning to practice after a career break.Clinical pharmacology is now linked more closely with the administration of medicines and patient care. At a time when there is great awareness of the importance of patient safety and clinical governance, there is a highly relevant section on the causes and prevention of errors in the use of medicines. Nurse prescribing is included and the section on the role of the community nurse has been expanded. A chapter on the role of patients and carers has been included.style, focus, breadth and depth revised to produce a more 'nurse-friendly' textorder of content changed to give the nurse's role a higher profilescenarios and case histories help readers to review progress and understandingrevised text reflects recent developments in pharmacology and clinical practice (e.g. nurse prescribing), including newly licensed drugsimproved illustrations Clinical pharmacology is now linked more closely with aspects of administration and patient care.At a time when there is great awareness of the importance of patient safety and clinical governance, there is a highly relevant section on the causes and prevention of errors in the use of medicines. Nurse prescribing is fully covered and the section on the role of the community nurse has been expanded. A chapter on the role of the patient (and carer) has been included.