Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108928519)

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.

Author: Molly Courtenay
ISBN-10: 110892851X
ISBN-13: 9781108928519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.40w x 0.60d