"Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions" is an accessible
introduction to the pharmacology necessary for health care
professionals training to be non-medical prescribers looking for an
overview of the subject. The book covers the pharmacology necessary
for accredited training programmes in non-medical prescribing and
certification in access and supply of prescription-only medicines
and will be useful as an ongoing reference for future use in
practice.
Opening with a general introduction to pharmacology as a
science, the book goes on to explain what is meant by drugs and
medicines and why pharmacology should be of relevance to health
care professionals. The reader is presented with general principles
of pharmacology followed by systemic pharmacology that covers the
actions of important groups of drugs in common use to treat
diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular, respiratory,
endocrine, musculoskeletal, skin and central nervous systems. The
physiology and pathophysiology relevant to the understanding of how
these drugs work is included.
Finally the book explores the law in relation to the sale,
supply, administration and prescription of drugs and explains what
is meant by non-medical prescribing. All aspects of non-medical
prescribing are considered including the use of exemptions to the
Medicines Act, patient group directions, supplementary prescribing
and the development of independent prescribing for nurses and
pharmacists.
Pharmacology is explained in simple, easy to understand terms
and the book avoids any unnecessary chemistry where possible. Case
studies that are of particular relevance to health care
professionals are used throughout to illustrate theimportance of
the pharmacology major body systems and pathologies and the
potential problems of adverse drug reactions and drug-drug
interactions.
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