Prescribing and mental health nursing
By: by Austyn Snowden
Publisher: Quay Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781856423632
Subjects: Psychiatric nursing; Drugs; Prescribing; Nurse practitioners; Mental Disorders; Nursing; Drug therapy; Drug Prescriptions; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Administration & dosage; Psychiatric Nursing; Methods
Description: "Over 90 percent of people with mental health problems take medication. Nurses now have the authority to prescribe this medication should they so wish. However, all nurses have a duty of care to administer medication safely. The first section of this book provides a framework for this discussion by integrating the histories of psychopharmacology, mental health nursing and medication legislation. This provides the background for the second section of the book whereby prescribing decisions in schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and insomnia, are discussed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. A history in three parts. Psychopharmacology ; The history of mental health nursing ; The history of prescribing; title: Section 2. Prescribing for mental illness. Schizophrenia and psychotic symptons ; Depression ; Anxiety and insomnia ; Safety.