Medicines Management : A Guide for Nurses

by Jevon, Philip; Payne, Liz; Higgins, Dan; Endecott, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9781405181631
• ISBN10: 140518163X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Medicines Management provides a concise exploration of the nurse's role in medicines management. It explains what is meant by medicines management, discusses the current professional and legal context, gives insight into the reasons why mistakes are made, and focuses on the principles of safe drug administration.

Author Biography

Philip Jevon, RN BSc(Hons) PGCE, is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK.
Elizabeth Payne, BSc(Hons) in Pharmacy, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, MRPharmS, is Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Education, Training and Staff Performance, Manor Hospital, Waisall, UK.
Dan Higgins, RGN, ENB 100, ENB 998, is Senior Charge Nurse Critical Care, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Consultant/Honorary Lecturer Resuscitation Services UK and Visiting Clinical Lecturer at University of Birmingham, UK.
Ruth Endacott, RN, DipN(Lond), MA, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Plymouth, UK and La Trobe University Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Contributors list	p. ix
Introduction to medicines management	p. 1
Legal issues of medicines management	p. 11
Safety in medicines management	p. 59
Prescription of medicines	p. 86
Systems for medicines administration	p. 104
Principles of safe administration of medicines	p. 118
Medication errors	p. 146
Basic pharmacology of common medications	p. 155
Administration of oral medication	p. 188
Administration of injections	p. 205
Administration of intravenous fluids and medicines	p. 221
Miscellaneous routes of medication administration	p. 239
Medicines management in children	p. 262
Nurse prescribing	p. 282
Index	p. 305
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