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Non-Medical Prescribing at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.

Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.

Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.

Everything you need to know about Non-Medical Prescribing ... at a Glance!

Non-Medical Prescribing at a Glance is an accessible and practical resource for healthcare students looking to become independent and supplementary prescribers. Each part of the book is mapped against a recognised prescribing framework published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) for all Registered Healthcare Professionals, and addresses NMC and HCPC regulatory body requirements. The text presents full-colour images, a user-friendly approach to key prescribing topics, and a structure that allows readers to dip-in and out as needed, appealing to a variety of learning styles.

Topics include:

Professional, legal, and ethical prescribing considerations; independent and supplementary prescribing; critical thinking and clinical reasoning; exploring interventions and differential diagnosis
Non-pharmacological approaches and pharmacological treatment options; prescribing reference guides, medication selection and how to prescribe
Holistic assessment, quality of life, and evidence-based practice; public health, infection prevention and control; consultation models and principles of history taking and physical examination skills
Building relationships, inclusive prescribing and informed choices; medicine optimisation, adverse reactions, and prescribing generic products

Non-Medical Prescribing at a Glance is a comprehensive and complete learning and study resource for Registered Nurses, Registered Midwives, Physician Associates and Healthcare Professionals who want to become independent prescribers within the UK.

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Contents:

Part 1 Prescribing

1 - Scope of Practice NMP

2 - Professional, legal and ethical prescribing

3- Independent and supplementary prescribing

4- Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber (V150/V100)

5- Critical thinking and Clinical Reasoning

6 - Exploring Interventions

7 - Evidence-based diagnosis

8 - Referring to other members of the multidisciplinary team

9 - Clinical Management Plans

Part 2 Consideration of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions

10 - Non Pharmacological Approaches

11 - Pharma Treatment Options

12 - RX reference guides

13 - Medication Selection

14 - How to Prescribe

15 - Risk benefit

16 - Pharmacodynamics

17 - Pharmacokinetics

18 - Holistic Assessment

19 - Quality of Life

20 - Evidence based practice

21 - Medicines and Public Health

22 - Infection Prevention and Control

Part 3 Advanced history taking and Examination

23 - Consultation Models

24 - Principles of History Taking & Physical Examination Skills

25: Preparation for Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

26 - History taking for patients who lack mental capacity

27: Prescribing and the Mental Capacity Act

28- Skin

29 - Neurological History Taking and Physical Examination

30 - Head Ears Eyes Nose Throat (HEENT)

31 - Lymph Node Assessment

32 - Endocrine History Taking and Physical Examination

33 - Respiratory

34 - Cardiovascular history taking and physical examination

35 - Abdominal history taking & physical examination NMP

36 - Genitourinary System (GUS) history taking and physical examination

37 - Musculoskeletal history taking and physical examination

Part 4 Shared Decision making

38 - Equality, diversity, and inclusion

39 - Concordance

40 - Building relationships

41 - Inclusive prescribing and informed choices

42 - Medicine's optimisation

43 - Social prescribing

Part 5 Prescribing Practice

44 - Adverse Drug Reactions

45 - Frameworks and Guidelines

46 - Prescribing Generic Products

47 - Medication Calculations

48 - Non-medical authorisation of blood components

49 - Electronic Prescribing

Part 6 Patient Education & Health Promotion

50 - Unlicenced Medicines

51 - Recordkeeping and Data Management

52 - Adherence

53 - Patients Recognising Deterioration

54- Patients' Responsibility and Self-management