Description
Book SynopsisEssential Prescribing provides medical students with an easy-to-follow overview of the drugs they are most likely to encounter at medical school and as they start their medical careers.
The book benefits from the same landscape format and approach as Scion’s bestselling Essential Examination.
Each class of drug is detailed using a common tabular format, based on the following sections:
- Examples
- Mode of Action
- Routes of Delivery
- Indications, Cautions and Contraindications
- Interactions
- Monitoring
- Side-effects
- Patient counselling
This consistent approach helps the reader quickly find the pertinent information for the common drugs and situations they are likely to come across, so they can become confident of prescribing the correct drugs for the patient in appropriate doses.
The book also features a questions and answer section at the end of the book for the reader to assess their knowledge.
All medical students and foundation doctors now have to prove their prescribing competence by taking the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA). Essential Prescribing not only arms the reader with the key knowledge for the PSA, but also provides them with the core prescribing knowledge they will need as their medical careers progress.
The book is also ideal for Independent Prescriber V300 courses.Trade ReviewGreat book with all the common drugs
'I love this book. It’s set up just like Essential Examination (Ruthven) and includes all the common drugs a newly qualified doctor is expected to know, including knowledge to face the PSA. It has lots of mnemonics for every drug which I am personally not a big fan of but that’s only because I don’t learn from mnemonics generally. Really liked the sections on emergency drugs and fluid presc ribing.' Amazon reviewer
Easy, concise, systematic guidelines for prescribing essentials of patient care!
'This book is a wealth of information! Well written in a simple concise, easy to follow guidelines for prescribing medications, oxygen, intravenous fluids ...extra and is divided by the system involved and has a section specifically for patient counseling which makes this book unique.' Amazon reviewer
Useful
'A straight forward and useful book which gives you the essential info about many common drugs.' Amazon reviewer
Good book
'A well written book...good for medical revision!!' Amazon reviewer
Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations General prescribing rules
Section I: Prescribing by system 1. Cardiovascular system
2. Haematological system
3. Respiratory system
4. Gastrointestinal system
5. Renal system
6. Endocrine system
7. Female reproductive system
8. Male reproductive system
9. Central nervous system
10. Musculoskeletal system
Section II: Prescribing by situation 11. Intravenous fluids
12. Oxygen therapy
13. Antibiotics
14. Analgesia
15. Emergency drugs
16. Prescribing in the elderly
Section III: Self-assessment questions and answers 17. PSA-style questions and answers
18. Test your knowledge questions and answers
Appendix: Mnemonic acknowledgments
Index
