Table of Contents

About the Authors
Using this Book
Guide to Useful Resources
1. History of Prescribing - Independent and Supplementary
2. Drug Development, Marketing and Administration
3. Drug Licensing and Handling
4. Getting to Know your BNF
5. Legal and Ethical Issues in Prescribing
6. Principles of Pharmacology
7. Drug Calculations
8. Consultation Skills and Clinical Decision Making
9. Therapeutic Decision Making and Principles of Safe Prescribing
10. Prescribing Errors
11. Adverse Drug Reactions
12. Cultural and Religious Issues
13. Concordance
Glossary
References

About the Author

Noel Harris is Senior Lecturer in pharmacology in the School of Health at the University of Northampton, UK where he teaches pharmacology to nursing and allied health professionals.

Diane Shearer is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK where she teaches autonomous practice, advanced clinical skills and prescribing.

Dr. Katherine M. A. Rogers and Dr. William N. Scott are the Editors of the Nurses! Test Yourself series.