Medicines Management for Clinical Nurses Book

	List of Contributors	v
	Introduction	vii
1	Structures to Facilitate Effective Prescribing	1
2	Policies and Practice	21
3	Drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Elimination	31
4	Impact of Age, Pregnancy, Disease and Food on Drug Action	51
5	The Patient's Role in Optimising Treatment	82
6	Factors Influencing Prescribing	104
7	Non-Prescription Medicines	130
8	The Nurse's Role in Prescribing	156
9	Prescribed Medicines in Primary Care (General Practice)	178
10	Prescribed Medicines in Secondary Care	197
11	The Nurse's Role in Medicines Administration - Legal and Procedural Framework	213
12	The Nurse's Role in Medicines Administration - Operational and Practical Considerations	237
13	Adverse Drug Reactions	258
14	Drug Interactions	277
	Appendices
1	Nurse Prescribers' Formulary	293
2	Adverse Drug Reactions	299
	Glossary	336
	Subject Index	339
	Medicines, Drugs and Chemicals Index	344