Medicine Management Skills for Nurses. Claire Boyd

THE CO‐DRUGS DRUGS USED IN SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE WEB RESOURCES

      24  Chapter 16: PAIN MANAGEMENT EFFECTS OF PAIN NOW FOR THE SCIENCE BIT PAIN GATE THEORY CLASSIFICATIONS OF PAIN ASSESSMENT OF PAIN STRATEGIES TO MANAGE PAIN ANALGESIC LADDER MORPHINE BALANCED ANALGESIA PALLIATIVE CARE TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE WEB RESOURCES REFERENCES

      25  Chapter 17: CASE STUDY NOTES ON PATIENTS' MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MEDICATION, AND POSSIBLE SIDE‐EFFECTS TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE WEB RESOURCES

      26  Chapter 18: KNOWLEDGE TEST

      27  Answers to Activities, Questions, and ‘Test Your Knowledge’

      28  Appendix 1: SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: MEDICINES MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE ADMINISTRATION HANDLING OF CONTROLLED DRUGS (FOR FIRST LEVEL REGISTERED NURSES). THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO NURSING ASSOCIATES RAPID TRANQUILLISATION (FOR FIRST LEVEL REGISTERED NURSES) – THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO NURSING ASSOCIATES

      29  Appendix 2: A TYPICAL PRESCRIPTION CHART

      30  Index

      31  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 CAMS.Table 1.2 Drugs which may contribute to falls.Table 1.3 Seven key actions to improve medication safety.Table 1.4 Medicine name suffixes.

      2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Foods and the drugs affected due to the influence on drug metaboli...Table 2.2 A selection of drugs and some of their reported side effects.

      3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Categories of medicine.Table 3.2 Systemic medicines.Table 3.3 Topical medicines.Table 3.4 Top 100 most prescribed medications in UK hospitals.

      4 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Infusion devises and administration of drugs.

      5 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Drugs that may be difficult to swallow.Table 5.2 Liquid medications.

      6 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Vaccines.Table 6.2 Covid 19 vaccine development.

      7 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Procedure for administering a vaginal pessary.Table 7.2 Procedure for DRE.Table 7.3 Procedure for administering enemas and suppositories.

      8 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Amount of cream to use for an adult.Table 8.2 Amount of cream to use for a child.Table 8.3 Systemic diseases manifesting their diagnostic features in the ski...Table 8.4 Procedure for applying creams and ointments.Table 8.5 Procedure for applying eye drops.Table 8.6 Procedure for applying ear drops.Table 8.7 Procedure for applying nose drops or sprays.

      9 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Intracellular and extracellular fluids.Table 10.2 Electrolyte ranges.

      10 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Dilution and rates for administering amoxicillin.Table 11.2 Instructions for administering amoxicillin to a neonate.

      11 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Enteral feeding tubes.Table 13.2 An example of an enteral feeding regime.Table 13.3 Procedure and equipment for nasogastric intubation.

      12 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Some co‐drugs.Table 15.2 Stroke risk factors.

      13 Chapter 16Table 16.1 Drugs commonly used in syringe drivers.

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 How a drug may be given by the enteral route of absorption.Figure 2.2 How a drug may be given by the parenteral route of absorption.Figure 2.3 How a drug may be given by the inhalation route of absorption.

      2 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 A syringe driver.Figure 4.2 Gravity‐feed drip.

      3 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 (a) Cutting and (b) crushing a tablet.Figure 5.2 A plastic measuring pot and a wax tablet pot.Figure 5.3 An oral syringe.Figure 5.4 Page 2 of a patient's prescription chart, completed by a doctor. ...

      4 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 A syringe.Figure 6.2 An oral syringe.Figure 6.3 A Luer‐lock syringe.Figure 6.4 An eccentric Luer‐slip syringe.Figure 6.5 A concentric Luer‐slip syringe.Figure 6.6 Reading the meniscus on a syringe.Figure 6.7 A bevelled needle.Figure 6.8 (a) Anterior and (b) posterior views of the major muscles of the ...Figure 6.9 Sites recommended for subcutaneous injections (Elkin et al. 2007)...Figure 6.10 Sharps boxes.

      5 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Bristol stool chart.

      6 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 One fingertip unit.Figure 8.2 Applying eye drops.

      7 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 A spacer device.Figure 9.2 A large‐volume spacer.Figure 9.3 A Turbohaler inhaler.Figure 9.4 A metered‐dose inhaler.Figure 9.5 An Easi‐Breathe inhaler.Figure 9.6 A HandiHaler inhaler.Figure 9.7 An Accuhaler inhaler.

      8 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 A patient having an IV infusion set up, through a cannula.Figure 10.2 IV Fluids.Figure 10.3 Medication may fall to the bottom of a bag and become too concen...Figure 10.4 A drip stand.Figure 10.5 A clear‐ or thin‐fluid administration line.Figure 10.6 A blood and thickened‐fluid administration line.Figure 10.7 An infusion device (Lister, Hofner, and Graton 2020).Figure