Description
| Product ID: | 9781108928519 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Independent and Supplementary Prescribing |
| Subtitle: | An Essential Guide |
| Authors: | Author: Matthew Griffiths, Molly Courtenay |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | General practice / Family medicine, General practice, Pharmacology, Nursing pharmacology, Pharmacy / dispensing, Medical study, exam preparation and revision guides, Pharmacology, Nursing pharmacology, Pharmacy / dispensing, Medical study & revision guides |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An eagerly awaited new edition of the leading textbook on prescribing, covering the key topics taught on the non-medical prescribing programme. Featuring new chapters written by multi-professional authors, the book is a core text for students as well as new and experienced prescribers. Written by a group of multi-professional authors, this fully updated third edition builds on the success of this classic text. The book explores a number of key areas for prescribers, including prescribing within a multidisciplinary team context, consultation skills, ethical and legal issues surrounding prescribing, the psychology and sociology of prescribing, and applied pharmacology. Among the other topics featured are monitoring skills, medicines concordance, evidence based prescribing, prescribing within a public health perspective, calculation skills, prescribing in dermatology, and minimizing the risk of prescribing errors. Each chapter has been revised and additional chapters on antimicrobial prescribing, education and training to become a prescriber, and a new section on renal impairment have been added. This book is an essential resource for both new and experienced prescribers and anyone undertaking the non-medical prescribing (NMP) programme including nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals and optometrists. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-01-13 |
