Community and Public Health Nursing, 5th ed.

Author: Edited By David Sines [and Five Others]. Pages: 365 Size: 2.71 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 09 October, 2013
eISBN-13: 9781118426906

“An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing” – Journal of Advanced Nursing The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement. New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children`s nursing and school nursing Written by experts in the field — providing authority and insight Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.

Injectable Drugs Guide

Author: Alistair Gray …[et Al.]. Pages: 928 Size: 32.61 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Published: 01 February, 2011
eISBN-13: 9780857110213

This is a guide to the important information for safe and effective administration of injectable drugs. This is an A-Z pocket guide of injectable drugs in monograph format including information on: Final concentration of reconstituted solutions; Stability; Periodicity of monitoring; and, Unusual electrolyte, glucose and excipients content. Each monograph includes: Pre-treatment checks, Dose, Preparation and Administration, Technical information (including compatibility), Stability, Further monitoring (blood pressure, glucose etc), and Professional information (undesirable effects, significant interactions, overdose, counselling). The safe administration of drugs by injection is an essential activity that is performed daily in the health care setting. Multiple drug use and drug administration protocols make this increasingly complex and this book aims to give immediate access to the important/key information for safe and effective administration of injectable drugs.