Nurse Prescribing in Mental Health is a practical handbook for mental health nurses who are being training, have aspirations to train or who are trained in nurse prescribing.

Nurse Prescribing in Mental Health goes on to explore the different types of medicines commonly prescribed for major disease groups and will help nurse prescribers to understand the practical application of prescribing as seen in clinical practice.

Contents

1. Mental health nursing: our journey and our future
2. Mental health nurse prescribing: The UK and the world
3. The evidence base for nurse prescribing
4. How to get nurse prescribing to work safely
5. History and assessment: the basis for effective nurse prescribing
6. Coexisting mental conditions
7. Nurse prescribing in the real world
8. Promoting concordance and patient involvement in medication management
9. Nurse prescribers working as part of a team
10. Ethical and legal issues in mental health nurse prescribing
11. Future challenges for nurse prescribers

Index

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