TY - BOOK AU - Crouch,Sandra AU - Chapelhow,Carol AU - Crouch,Michael TI - Medicines management SN - 9780132217347 AV - RM300 .C74 PY - 2008/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Pearson Education KW - Pharmacology KW - Nursing KW - Drug Therapy KW - Drug Monitoring KW - Medication Errors KW - Nurse's Role N1 - The context of medicines management for adult nurses in today's NHS -- How to use information about medicines -- Applying knowledge and skills: approaches to learning -- Underpinning pharmacological principles: pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics -- Nursing implications and responsibilities -- Complementary medicinal products -- Cancer care -- Older adults and medication -- Rheumatoid arthritis: a woman wiht long-standing rheumatoid arthritis who has also developed osteoporosis -- Coronary heart disease: an adult male with hyperlipidaemia, who has an acute myocardial infarction and develops heart failure -- A man with an acute intestinal obstruction -- Epilepsy -- Alzheimer's disease: an older man who has Alzheimer's disease, primary hypertension and constipation -- Diabetes mellitus: an adult with type 2 diabetes, depression and hypothyroidism -- Asthma: a young man with asthma, eczema, pneumonia, and Down's syndrome who develops pneumonia -- Contemporary issues relating to drug and medicine development -- Contemporary issues in medicines management for nurses UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008026902.html ER -