ABSTRACT
Medicines Management: A Problem-Based Approach uses patient scenarios to explore pharmacology and medicines management. The book provides the pharmacological background, and examines the other factors, which enable nurses to provide care to the patient. It will equip the new nurse with the skills they need to problem-solve, prioritise and make decisions while delivering effective care.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|68 pages
Setting the scene
part 2|95 pages
Important concepts and principles
part 3|61 pages
Starting to apply the information
part 4|223 pages
Patient scenarios
chapter 9|26 pages
Rheumatoid arthritis
A woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis who has also developed osteoporosis
chapter 10|38 pages
Coronary heart disease
An adult male with hyperlipidaemia, who has an acute myocardial infarction and develops heart failure
chapter 13|34 pages
Alzheimer's disease
An older man who has Alzheimer's disease, primary hypertension and constipation
chapter 15|43 pages
Asthma
A young man with asthma, eczema and Down's syndrome, who develops pneumonia
part 5|43 pages
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