Beckwith, Sue.

Oxford handbook of nurse prescribing / Sue Beckwith and Penny Franklin. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xxvii, 415 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Oxford handbooks in nursing .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a nurse prescriber? -- Principles of supplementary prescribing -- Clinical management plans -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Potential and unwanted effects -- Safe prescribing -- Consideration of product choice -- Review -- Working as a nurse prescriber -- Physical exams and history taking -- Prescribing for special groups -- Medical conditions -- Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) and over the counter drugs -- Accountability -- Evidence based prescribing -- Managing the role -- Responsibilities -- Working outside the UK.

9780198570783 (flexicover : alk. paper) 0198570783 (flexicover : alk. paper)

2006037681

101292125 DNLM


Nurses--Prescription privileges--Great Britain.
Drugs--Prescribing--Great Britain.
Nursing Care--Handbooks.
Prescriptions, Drug--Handbooks.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Handbooks.

RT81.8 / .B43 2007

610.7306/9

2007 A-585 WY 49 / B397o 2007