Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword to the second edition
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Non-medical prescribing: an overview
- 2 Non-medical prescribing in a multidisciplinary team context
- 3 Consultation skills and decision making
- 4 Legal aspects of independent and supplementary prescribing
- 5 Ethical issues in independent and supplementary prescribing
- 6 Psychology and sociology of prescribing
- 7 Applied pharmacology
- 8 Monitoring skills
- 9 Promoting concordance in prescribing interactions
- 10 Evidence-based prescribing
- 11 Extended/supplementary prescribing: a public health perspective
- 12 Calculation skills
- 13 Prescribing in practice: how it works
- 14 Minimising the risk of prescribing error
- Index
Preface to the second edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword to the second edition
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 Non-medical prescribing: an overview
- 2 Non-medical prescribing in a multidisciplinary team context
- 3 Consultation skills and decision making
- 4 Legal aspects of independent and supplementary prescribing
- 5 Ethical issues in independent and supplementary prescribing
- 6 Psychology and sociology of prescribing
- 7 Applied pharmacology
- 8 Monitoring skills
- 9 Promoting concordance in prescribing interactions
- 10 Evidence-based prescribing
- 11 Extended/supplementary prescribing: a public health perspective
- 12 Calculation skills
- 13 Prescribing in practice: how it works
- 14 Minimising the risk of prescribing error
- Index
Summary
The introduction of non-medical prescribing has meant that nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals and optometrists have had to expand their practice and so acquire new knowledge and skills in a number of fields. This new knowledge has had to be applied to the many issues surrounding prescribing in the practice setting. There are currently few books available that provide these prescribers with information to help them in this role. As the number of non-medical prescribers grows and as other healthcare professionals take on this role, the need for such information will increase. This book is aimed at those non-medical professions involved in prescribing medicines.
Chapter 1 provides a general overview of non-medical prescribing and describes the current education and training available for extended independent and supplementary prescribers. Chapters 2 to 5 examine non-medical prescribing within a multiprofessional team context, the different models of consultation that might be used by prescribers and the legal and ethical aspects surrounding prescribing. The psychology and sociology of prescribing, applied pharmacology and monitoring skills are explored in chapters 6 to 8. Chapters 9 to 12 deal with promoting concordance, evidence-based prescribing, prescribing within a public health context and the calculation skills required by prescribers. Chapter 13 describes how prescribing can be implemented for practitioners working in the area of dermatology. It is hoped that insights gained from this chapter can be applied to other practice settings.
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- Independent and Supplementary PrescribingAn Essential Guide, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010