Independent and Supplementary Prescribing At a GlanceThe 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 Independent and Supplementary Prescribing at a Glance!Independent and Supplementary 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 productsIndependent and Supplementary 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.For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing and health publishing, please visit: wiley.comTo receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at wiley.com/emailAll content reviewed by students for studentsWiley nursing books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind.If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more.This new edition is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see wiley.com/buy/9781119837916

Contributors viiPreface xPart 1 Prescribing 11 Scope of Practice NMP 22 Professional, legal, and ethical issues 43 Independent and supplementary prescribing 64 Community practitioner nurse prescriber (V150/V100) 85 Critical thinking and clinical reasoning 106 Exploring interventions 127 Evidence-based diagnosis 148 Referring to other members of the multidisciplinary team 169 Clinical management plans 18Part 2 Consideration of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions 2110 Non-pharmacological approaches 2211 Pharmacological treatment options 2412 Prescribing reference guides 2613 Medication selection 2814 How to prescribe 3015 Risk benefit assessment 3216 Pharmacodynamics 3417 Pharmacokinetics 3618 Holistic assessment 3819 Quality of life 4020 Evidence-based practice 4221 Medicines and public health 4422 Infection prevention and control 46Part 3 Advanced history taking and examination 4923 Consultation models 5024 Principles of history taking and physical examination skills 5225 Preparation for objective structured clinical examination 5426 History taking for patients who lack mental capacity 5827 Prescribing and the mental capacity act 6028 Skin history taking and physical examination 6229 Neurological history taking and physical examination 6430 Head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat 6631 Lymph node assessment 6832 Endocrine history taking and physical examination 7033 Respiratory 7234 Cardiovascular history taking and physical examination 7435 Abdominal history taking and physical examination for non-medical prescribers 7636 Genitourinary system history taking and physical examination 7837 Musculoskeletal history taking and physical examination 80Part 4 Shared Decision-making 8338 Equality, diversity, and inclusion 8439 Concordance 8640 Building relationships 8841 Inclusive prescribing and informed choices 9042 Medicine's optimisation 9243 Social prescribing 94Part 5 Prescribing Practice 9744 Adverse drug reactions 9845 Frameworks and guidelines 10046 Prescribing generic products 10247 Medication calculations 10448 Non-medical authorisation of blood components 10649 Electronic prescribing 108Part 6 Patient education and health promotion 11150 Unlicensed medicines 11251 Record-keeping and data management 11452 Adherence 11653 Patients recognising deterioration 11854 Patients' responsibility and self-management 120References 122Index 129