Medicine management skills for nurses

"Anxious about being let loose with the drug trolley? Worried you'll make a mistake? This handy book is an essential guide for all nursing students, enabling you to understand the theory and practice of drug administration. Medicine Management Skills for Nurses will be an invaluable tool t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Claire
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
Series:Student survival skills series
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Drug administration/general principles
  • Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
  • Drug and medicines
  • Oral drug administration
  • Administration of injections
  • Calculations for working out dosages
  • Administration of rectal and vaginal preparations
  • Administration of topical preparations
  • Administration of inhalations and nebulisers
  • Administration of IV fluids
  • Administration of IV bolus medications
  • Administration continuous IV infusions
  • Administration via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy or nasogastric tube
  • Drugs and specific medical conditions
  • Pain management
  • Knowledge test.