Description
Book SynopsisNurse Prescribing in Mental health is a practical handbook for mental health nurses who are being training, have aspirations to train or who are trained in nurse prescribing.
Trade Review“A really good addition to my book collection! Informative and very easy to follow. I have found this book invaluable to my studies so far and take it with me to both work and university. Its based on UK practise which I found helpful as I have bought books from Amazon before and realised too late that they were all based on American practice. A definite must have.” --N. Cambourne-Paynter (Student – Liverpool)
Table of Contents1. Mental health nursing: our journey and our future.
2. Mental health nurse prescribing: The UK and the world.
3. The evidence base for nurse prescribing.
4. How to get nurse prescribing to work safely.
5. History and assessment: the basis for effective nurse prescribing.
6. Coexisting mental conditions.
7. Nurse prescribing in the real world.
8. Promoting concordance and patient involvement in medication management.
9. Nurse prescribers working as part of a team.
10. Ethical and legal issues in mental health nurse prescribing.
11. Future challenges for nurse prescribers
