Non-Medical Prescribing

<p>This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive resource for healthcare students and professional students studying non-medical prescribing taking into account the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) competency framework for non-medical prescribing.</p><p><em>Non-Medical Prescribing: A Course Companion</em> includes chapters on the context of non-medical prescribing; pharmacology; professional legal and ethical issues; psychological influences; working in multidisciplinary teams; working with patients with complex conditions and co-morbidities; understanding antibiotics and resistances; prescription writing; and the role of non-medical prescribing leads. Each chapter acts as a self-contained study module with key facts and areas highlighted illustrative clinical cases to link learning to practice and a self-test quiz. </p><p>Designed for professionals from a range of non-medical disciplines including nursing midwifery pharmacy physiotherapy and occupational therapy this book can be used at both pre- and post-registration level.</p>