Περιγραφή
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.
- A well-known and popular text covering each of the topic areas featured in the national non-medical prescribing (NMP) programme and, as such, is a core text for these courses
- An ideal aid for undergraduate students of all healthcare professions and those undertaking the NMP programme with chapters tailored to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society competency framework for all prescribers. The book is written by experts in the field of NMP, many of whom are involved in teaching prescribing students
- Written by authors from a multi-professional background including pharmacists, nurses, allied health professionals, doctors, psychologists, and academics, making the book relevant to a wide range of prescribing professions
