Nurses! Test yourself in non-medical prescribing - Softcover

Harris, Noel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335244998 ISBN 13: 9780335244997

Publisher: Open University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Nurses! Test Yourself in Non-medical Prescribing is the essential self-test resource for nurses studying a prescribing qualification and preparing for exams.

The book includes over 450 questions including full answers and explanations. The book includes:

• True or false questions
• Multiple choice questions
• Fill in the blanks questions
• Full glossary of terms

Topics covered in this book include:

• Pharmacology
• Legal and ethical issues
• Therapeutic decision making
• Consultation skills
• Principles of safe prescribing
• Adverse drug reactions
• Drug licensing and handling
• Drug calculations

Written by experienced non-medical prescribing lecturers, this test book will help you improve your results and tackle your exams with confidence!

"I would like to congratulate the authors on an excellent revision aid. The resources identified, along with the questions designed to test students' knowledge, provides an excellent text for students on the prescribing programme."
Molly Courtenay, Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Surrey, UK

"This is an excellent book. It is a 'must have book' for all undertaking the course, and those already qualified."
Dr Barbara Stuttle CBE, Chair of the Association for Nurse Prescribers, UK

About this title

About the Author:

Noel Harris is Senior Lecturer in pharmacology in the School of Health at the University of Northampton, UK where he teaches pharmacology to nursing and allied health professionals.

Diane Shearer is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK where she teaches autonomous practice, advanced clinical skills and prescribing.

Dr. Katherine M. A. Rogers and Dr. William N. Scott are the Editors of the Nurses! Test Yourself series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0335244998
• ISBN 13: 9780335244997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256