* Written by a leading expert in the area * In the 'Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses' series * Integrates theory with practice * Written from a UK perspective .

Medicines Management provides a concise exploration of the nurse's role in medicines management. It explains what is meant by medicines management, discusses the current professional and legal context, gives insight into the reasons why mistakes are made, and focuses on the principles of safe drug administration.

Suitable for pharmaceutics courses, this book focuses on pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. It includes updated drug information and has an increased focus on physical pharmacy. It has coverage that incorporates all new dosage forms on the market as well as those in the US Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary.

Lets readers develop the strong theoretical and practical foundation needed for effective decision-making in occupational therapy. With emphasis on both clinical and professional reasoning, this title gives readers the skills needed to make informed decisions as practitioners, managers, and educators.

Focuses on the application of the physical, chemical and biological principles in the pharmaceutical sciences. This text helps students, teachers, researchers, and industrial pharmaceutical scientists use elements of biology, physics, and chemistry in their work and study. It features sections to cover advances in nanotechnology.

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Focuses on the care of childbearing women with complications during pregnancy and the related professional concerns of perinatal professionals caring for them. This title includes the AWHONN Perinatal Morbidity Advisory Panel Top 5 Issues: obesity, thromboembolic disease, diabetes, perinatal infections, and cardiac disease.

A clear, practical and useable guide designed to help students develop critical thinking skills in nursing.

Are you managing other people? This book helps you to: manage your time; create a positive work environment; ensure care is patient-centred; manage your budget; be politically aware; and, manage difficult staff and situations. It focuses on situations and problems faced by ward managers, sisters and charge nurses.