Independent and Supplementary Prescribing At a Glance

by Hill, Barry; Mitchell, Aby; Peate, Ian

• ISBN13: 9781119837916
• ISBN10: 111983791X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-11-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing At a Glance

The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.

Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.

Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.

Everything you need to know about Independent and Supplementary Prescribing at a Glance!

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing At a Glance is an accessible and practical resource for healthcare students looking to become independent and supplementary prescribers. Each part of the book is mapped against a recognised prescribing framework published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) for all Registered Healthcare Professionals, and addresses NMC and HCPC regulatory body requirements. The text presents full-colour images, a user-friendly approach to key prescribing topics, and a structure that allows readers to dip-in and out as needed, appealing to a variety of learning styles.

Topics include:

• Professional, legal, and ethical prescribing considerations; independent and supplementary prescribing; critical thinking and clinical reasoning; exploring interventions and differential diagnosis
• Non-pharmacological approaches and pharmacological treatment options; prescribing reference guides, medication selection and how to prescribe
• Holistic assessment, quality of life, and evidence-based practice; public health, infection prevention and control; consultation models and principles of history taking and physical examination skills
• Building relationships, inclusive prescribing and informed choices; medicine optimisation, adverse reactions, and prescribing generic products

Independent and Supplementary Prescribing At a Glance is a comprehensive and complete learning and study resource for Registered Nurses, Registered Midwives, Physician Associates and Healthcare Professionals who want to become independent prescribers within the UK.

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Author Biography

Barry Hill has been a registered nurse for 17 years and is skilled in acute and critical care. He worked in general, cardiac and neuro trauma ICU at Imperial College NHS trust and progressed from staff nurse to a surgical matron. Barry began working as a clinical mentor in intensive care nursing in 2006 and has worked in Higher Education teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2014. His key areas of interest are acute and critical care, clinical skills, pharmacology, and advanced level practice. Barry has published widely in journals and books and is a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy.

Aby Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, and Professional Lead for Simulation and Immersive Technologies, University of West London, UK. Aby started her nursing career in 1998 in her local general hospital, working as a staff nurse within a burns and plastics and head and neck cancer unit. In 1999 moved into district nursing and developed a special interest in tissue viability and palliative care. Aby has worked in higher education since 2014 teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is now professional lead for simulation and immersive technologies at the University of West London.

Ian Peate (Series Editor) is Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George’s University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire; Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Prescribing

               1 - Scope of Practice NMP

               2 - Professional, legal and ethical prescribing

               3- Independent and supplementary prescribing

               4- Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber (V150/V100)

               5- Critical thinking and Clinical Reasoning

               6 - Exploring Interventions

               7 - Evidence-based diagnosis

               8 - Referring to other members of the multidisciplinary team

               9 - Clinical Management Plans

Part 2 Consideration of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions

               10 - Non Pharmacological Approaches

               11 - Pharma Treatment Options

               12 - RX reference guides

               13 - Medication Selection

               14 - How to Prescribe

               15 - Risk benefit

               16 - Pharmacodynamics

               17 - Pharmacokinetics

               18 - Holistic Assessment

               19 - Quality of Life

               20 - Evidence based practice

               21 - Medicines and Public Health

               22 - Infection Prevention and Control

Part 3 Advanced history taking and Examination

               23 - Consultation Models

               24 - Principles of History Taking & Physical Examination Skills

               25: Preparation for Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

               26 - History taking for patients who lack mental capacity

               27: Prescribing and the Mental Capacity Act

               28- Skin

               29 - Neurological History Taking and Physical Examination

               30 - Head Ears Eyes Nose Throat (HEENT)

               31 - Lymph Node Assessment

               32 - Endocrine History Taking and Physical Examination

               33 - Respiratory

               34 - Cardiovascular history taking and physical examination

               35 - Abdominal history taking & physical examination NMP

               36 - Genitourinary System (GUS) history taking and physical examination

               37 - Musculoskeletal history taking and physical examination

Part 4 Shared Decision making

               38 - Equality, diversity, and inclusion

               39 - Concordance

               40 - Building relationships

               41 - Inclusive prescribing and informed choices

               42 - Medicine’s optimisation

               43 - Social prescribing

Part 5 Prescribing Practice

               44 - Adverse Drug Reactions

               45 - Frameworks and Guidelines

               46 - Prescribing Generic Products

               47 - Medication Calculations

               48 - Non-medical authorisation of blood components

               49 - Electronic Prescribing

Part 6 Patient Education & Health Promotion

               50 - Unlicenced Medicines

               51 - Recordkeeping and Data Management

               52 - Adherence

               53 - Patients Recognising Deterioration

               54- Patients’ Responsibility and Self-management