Medicine management skills for nurses /

Boyd, Claire.

Medicine management skills for nurses / Claire Boyd. - Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2013. - xii, 266 p. ; cm. - Student survival skills series . - Student survival skills series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drug administration: general principles Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics Drugs 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 inhalation medications and nebulisers Administration of intravenous fluids Administration of intravenous bolus medications Administration continuous intravenous infusions Administration via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy or nasogastric tube Drugs and specific medical conditions Pain management Knowledge test.

9781118448854 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2012044639


Drug Therapy--nursing--Handbooks.
Medication Errors--nursing--Handbooks.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Handbooks.

615.5/8

WY 49