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The Midwife's Pocket Formulary E-Book

By: Liz Davey,Debbee Houghton

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The Midwife's Pocket Formulary E-Book

By: Liz Davey,Debbee Houghton

Now in its 4th edition The Midwifes Pocket Fomulary is the essential guide to all the drugs midwives encounter in their sphere of practice. Written in a practical and easy to understand style the book provides information on how to manage and administer these drugs. Written by 2 leading experts in the field it covers everything you need to know. - Essential information, at a glance - Convenient, pocket-sized format - Clear, worked examples of drug calculations - Systematic revision and updated for each category of medication to reflect contemporary provision of maternity care - Underpinned by the new standards of proficiency for midwives (November 2019), the strengthened focus for all professionals on medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and professional guidance for medicines administration in health care settings published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society - 'Emergency Drugs', and 'Intravenous fluids', comprehensively updated to reflect contemporary resuscitation pathways and advice for local anaesthetic systemic toxicity embedded in NICE, RCOG and UK Resuscitation Council guidance - Information and current advice for the use of antimicrobial agents– 'Antibiotics', 'Antiseptics' and 'Antifungals' to support up to date advice from NICE, the RCOG and MBBRACE for a range of circumstances in maternity care - Specific updated advice on the use of the specific medications; for example restricted use of anticonvulsant medication Sodium Valporate for childbearing women

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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070207862X

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The Midwife's Pocket Formulary

By: Liz Davey,Debbee Houghton

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In current midwifey practice, one of the competencies covered by midwives is medicines management. Midwives and students are required to have an understanding of the range of medicines used within their sphere of practice.The Midwife's Pocket Formulary provides both practising midwives and students with key information on the administration and management of medications in midwifery practice. Essential information, at a glance Convenient, pocket-sized format Clear, worked examples of drug calculations Information on drug calculations now includes neonatal calculation and alternative calculation methods used by some HEIs 'Antidepressants' expanded to include current treatment therapies for existing mental health conditions, with safety information and guidance on current medications 'Intravenous fluids' comprehensively updated and extended 'Emergency drugs' completely revised to complement the NICE and RCOG guidance, with medications for each emergency grouped and cross-referenced to aid the reader Supported by up-to-date clinical guidelines from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Green top guidance Online pronunciation guide for drug terms and names.

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The Midwife's Pocket Formulary E-Book

By: Liz Davey,Debbee Houghton

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The Midwife's Pocket Formulary E-Book

By: Liz Davey,Debbee Houghton

In current midwifey practice, one of the competencies covered by midwives is medicines management. Midwives and students are required to have an understanding of the range of medicines used within their sphere of practice.The Midwife's Pocket Formulary provides both practising midwives and students with key information on the administration and management of medications in midwifery practice. - Essential information, at a glance - Convenient, pocket-sized format - Clear, worked examples of drug calculations - Information on drug calculations now includes neonatal calculation and alternative calculation methods used by some HEIs - 'Antidepressants' expanded to include current treatment therapies for existing mental health conditions, with safety information and guidance on current medications - 'Intravenous fluids' comprehensively updated and extended - 'Emergency drugs' completely revised to complement the NICE and RCOG guidance, with medications for each emergency grouped and cross-referenced to aid the reader - Supported by up-to-date clinical guidelines from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Green top guidance - Online pronunciation guide for drug terms and names.

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