Medicines management
Subtitle: a guide for nurses
By: edited by Philip Jevon ... [et al.].
Contributors: Jevon, Philip.
Series: Essential clinical skills for nurses; Essential clinical skills for nurses
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405181631
Subjects: Drugs -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Therapeutics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Drug Therapy -- nursing -- Great Britain; Drug Monitoring -- nursing -- Great Britain; Medication Errors -- prevention & control -- Great Britain; Nurse's Role -- Great Britain; Prescriptions -- nursing -- Great Britain
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to medicines management; title: Legal & professional issues; title: Safety in medicines management; title: Prescription of medicines; title: Systems for medicines administration; title: Principles of safe medicines administration; title: Medication errors; title: Basic pharmacology of common medications; title: Administration of oral medication; title: Administration of injections; title: Administration of intravenous fluids and medicines; title: Other routes of medication administration; title: Medicines management in children; title: Nurse prescribing.