Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Description

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. Frontmatter Contents List of Contributors Foreword Preface 1 Non-Medical Prescribing: An Overview 2 Non-Medical Prescribing in a Multidisciplinary Team Context 3 Consultation Skills and Decision Making 4 Legal Aspects of Independent and Supplementary Prescribing 5 Ethical Issues in Independent and Supplementary Prescribing 6 Psychology and Sociology of Prescribing 7 Applied Pharmacology 8 Monitoring Skills 9 Promoting Concordance in Prescribing Interactions 10 Evidence-Based Prescribing 11 Extended/Supplementary Prescribing 12 Calculation Skills 13 Prescribing in Practice: How It Works 14 Minimising the Risk of Prescribing Error 15 Education and Training to Become a Prescriber 16 Antimicrobial Prescribing Index