Medicines Management
A Nursing Perspective
By Sandra Crouch
January 2009
Pearson Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780132217347
560 pages
$69.50 Paper Original
Medicines Management, uses patient scenarios to explore pharmacology and medicines management. The book provides the pharmacological background, and examines the other factors, which enable nurses to provide care to the patient. It will equip the new nurse with the skills they need to problem-solve, prioritise and make decisions while delivering effective care.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1:Setting the scene
Chapter 1 - The context of medicines management for adult nurses in today’s NHS
Chapter 2 - How to use information about medicines
Chapter 3 - Applying knowledge and skills: approaches to learning
Part 2: Important concepts and principles
Chapter 4 - Underpinning pharmacological principles: pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
Chapter 5 - Nursing implications and responsibilities
Chapter 6 - Complementary medicinal products
Part 3: Starting to apply the information
Chapter 7 - Cancer care
Chapter 8 - Older adults and medication
Part 4: Patient scenarios
Chapter 9 - Rheumatoid Arthritis: A woman with longstanding Rheumatoid Arthritis who has also developed osteoporosis
Chapter 10 - Coronary Heart Disease: An adult male with Hyperlipidaemia, who has an acute Myocardial Infarction and develops heart failure
Chapter 11 - Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A man with an acute intestinal obstruction
Chapter 12 - Epilepsy: A young woman with a long term condition: epilepsy
Chapter 13 - Alzheimer's disease: An older man with Alzheimer’s disease who also has primary hypertension and develops constipation
Chapter 14 - Diabetes Mellitus: An adult with type 2 diabetes, depression and hypothyroidism
Chapter 15 - Asthma: A young man with asthma who also has eczema, pneumonia and Down’s syndrome
Part 5: ‘Where next?’
Chapter 16 - Contemporary issues relating to drug and medicine development
Chapter 17 - Contemporary issues in medicines management for nurses
Appendix 1 – Using medicines to relieve pain
Appendix 2 - Infection
Answers
Glossary
Features
- Uses patient scenarios carefully chosen to reflect situations that the student will be most likely to meet in practice, for a ‘problem-based’ approach
- Provides a framework for practice.It looks at evidence-base (the research available on drugs and conditions), covers drug information, and examines the implications of drug administration
- Links to professional practice and covers legal implications. The book will show how pharmacological issues inter-relate with professional and legal issues in practice.
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