Medicine Management Skills for Nurses

Claire Boyd was Practice Development Trainer in the Learning and Research Centre at North Bristol Healthcare Trust. She develops, designs, delivers and evaluates learning programmes, and organises the transition training program for student nurses and support of these nurses in clinical areas.

PREFACE vii

INTRODUCTION ix

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi

THE 24-HOUR CLOCK xii

1 DRUG ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

2 PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS

3 DRUGS AND MEDICINES

4 CALCULATIONS FOR WORKING OUT DOSAGES

5 ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 ADMINISTRATION OF INJECTIONS

7 ADMINISTRATION OF RECTAL AND VAGINAL PREPARATION

8 ADMINISTRATION OF TOPICAL PREPARATIONS

9 ADMINISTRATION OF INHALATION MEDICATIONS AND NEBULISERS

10 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS

11 ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS BOLUS MEDICATIONS

12 ADMINISTRATION OF CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS

13 ADMINISTRATION VIA PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC JEJUNOSTOMY OR NASOGASTRIC TUBE

14 OXYGEN THERAPY

15 DRUGS AND SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS

16 PAIN MANAGEMENT

17 CASE STUDIES

18 KNOWLEDGE TEST

ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS AND "TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE"

APPENDIX 1: SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: "MEDICINES MANAGEMENT"

APPENDIX 2: A TYPICAL PRESCRIPTION CHART

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