Prescribing is a relatively recent extension of the nursing role, and
there are few resources to support the prescriber through this complex
and expanding initiative. The Oxford Handbook of Prescribing for Nurses
and Allied Health Professionals, second edition gives concise, practical
and expert advice on all aspects of non-medical prescribing.
Giving a complete picture of the role of the prescriber, the handbook
provides evidence-based advice for all nurse and non-medical prescribers
from novice and student level through to the established prescriber; for
all prescribing courses; and following all the competency areas. Helping
you achieve the best possible results for your patients, the authors
offer a wealth of recommendations, guidance and information from their
years of experience as practitioners and teachers. Whatever situation
you are in, the Oxford Handbook of Prescribing for Nurses and Allied
Health Professionals will give you the information you need. It contains
the practical principles required to enable you to practice safely,
effectively and cost-consciously. Information included ranges from basic
pharmacology, to the legal aspects and processes of prescribing
practice, and prescribing for specific conditions and special groups,
such as the older person and the very young. This new edition has been
fully revised
to include new legislation and changes to prescribing standards.
Chapters on complementary and alternative medicine, and evidence-based
practice have been expanded, and guidelines regarding prescribing for
cosmetic effect have also been included.
So you can find the information you need without delay, the book is
clearly laid out with one topic per page, and written in an easily
readable note-based style. All this is available at your fingertips, in
an accessible and pocket-sized handbook. Written by practising nurses
and checked by subject experts and pharmacologists, the Oxford Handbook
of Prescribing for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a unique
and invaluable companion to those undertaking prescribing training and
novice prescribers, as well as qualified nurse prescribers, extended
nurse prescribers, supplementary nurse prescribers, and other legally
designated health professional prescribers including physiotherapists,
radiographers, podiatrists, optometrists and pharmacists.
