Noel Harris - Nurses! Test Yourself In Non-Medical Prescribing

Nurses! Test Yourself in

Titles published in this series:

Nurses! Test Yourself in Anatomy and Physiology

Katherine M.A. Rogers and William N. Scott

Nurses! Test Yourself in Clinical Skills

Edited by Marian Traynor

Nurses! Test Yourself in Essential Calculation Skills

Katherine M.A. Rogers and William N. Scott

Nurses! Test Yourself in Pathophysiology

Katherine M.A. Rogers and William N. Scott

Nurses! Test Yourself in Pharmacology

Katherine M.A. Rogers

Nurses! Test Yourself in Non-medical Prescribing

Noel Harris and Diane Shearer

Visit www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openup/testyourself for further information and sample chapters from other books in the series.

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First published 2013

Copyright Noel Harris and Diane Shearer, 2013

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I would like to congratulate the authors on an excellent revision aid. The resources identified, along with the questions designed to test students knowledge, provides an excellent text for students on the prescribing programme.

Molly Courtenay, Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Surrey, UK

This is an excellent book. It is a must have book for all undertaking the course, and those already qualified.

Dr Barbara Stuttle CBE, Chair of the Association for Nurse Prescribers, UK

We would like to thank Rachel Crookes for encouraging us to collaborate together. We also would like to thank Alex Clabburn, Abbie Jones, and the staff at McGraw-Hill Open University Press for their patience and support in the process of writing this book. We wish to thank our colleagues and family who have provided good advice and help at important times.

Diane would like to dedicate this book to her parents Barbara and Percy Beales for their continuous love, support, and encouragement.

Dr Noel Harris is a senior lecturer in pharmacology in the School of Health at the University of Northampton, where he teaches science subjects, including biochemistry, physiology, and neuroscience to life science students, as well as pharmacology to nursing and allied health professionals. He has been involved in the teaching of non-medical prescribing courses since 2005.

Diane Shearer is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at Anglia Ruskin University where she teaches autonomous practice, advanced clinical skills, and prescribing to nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals. She is also a practising advanced nurse practitioner and current prescriber and has been involved in the provision of non-medical prescribing courses since 2006. She is also currently undertaking doctoral studies looking at multidisciplinary education in prescribing and the reduction of prescribing errors.

Welcome to Nurses! Test yourself in Non-medical Prescribing. We hope you will find this an invaluable tool throughout your prescribing courses!

This book is designed to be used as a revision aid that you can use with other textbooks to help you learn the many aspects of prescribing. Each chapter is designed for stand-alone revision, meaning that you need not read from the beginning to benefit from the book. You can dip in and out of the different topics to suit your individual needs.

Every chapter begins with a brief introduction and may point you to to some of the useful resources available to underpin your learning. The chapter progresses, providing you with different types of questions that help you test your knowledge of the area. These are:

True or False: identify if the statement is true or false

Multiple Choice: identify which of 4 answers is/are correct

Labelling Exercise: identify the different elements on the diagram. Sometimes we give you a list of terms to use and sometimes we dont!

Fill in the Blanks: fill in the blanks to complete the statement

Match the Terms: identify which term best matches which statement

The sections have been designed to have some challenging questions in each section. Do not ignore a question type just because you are not examined in that way, because the answer will contain useful information that could easily be examined in an alternative question format.

Answers are provided in each chapter with detailed explanations where appropriate this is to help you with revision but can also be used as a learning aid.

We have suggested some useful textbooks and other resources that may be used to support your recommended text, they should not replace the core reading for your course.

At the back of the book there is an appendix where you will find a glossary.

We hope that you enjoy using this book and that you find it a convenient and useful tool throughout your studies!

Websites

Association of the British Pharmaceutical industry

www.abpi.org.uk

British National Formulary

www.bnf.org/

Cultural Diversity in Nursing

www.culturaldiversity.org

European Medicines Agency

www.ema.europa.eu

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

www.mhra.gov.uk

Monthly Index Medical Services (MIMS)

www.mims.co.uk

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

www.nice.org.uk

National Patient Safety Agency

www.npsa.nhs.uk

National Prescribing Centre

www.npc.co.uk

Nurse prescriber forum

www.nurseprescriberforum.co.uk

Nurse prescribing

www.nurseprescribing.com

Nursing and Midwifery Council

www.nmc-uk.org

Skillscascade

www.skillscascade.com

Test and Calc

www.testandcalc.com

Transcultural Nursing

www.culturediversity.org

UK Medicines Information

www.ukmi.nhs.uk

World Health Organization

www.who.int

Yellow Card Scheme

www.yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk

Books, journals and other resources

Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action

http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4883e/5.html