Roy C. Lilley, Paul Lambden, Siddhartha Goel

• Introduction. How to get the best from this book. Section One. Accredited learning. What do we need to think about. What do we get wrong. Self service. Controlled drugs. A horror story. Who's job is it anyway. How do we get the medicines and what do we do with them when we've got them. Where should the medicines be stored. Controlled drugs. 'Get it right' check list - for controlled drugs. Get the house-keeping right. Taking the medicine. Made a mistake with the medicine. This is a residential home and not a prison. Got a headache. Taking the medicine. Adverse reactions. What to look out for in the patient. Section Two. Medicines record. Where are the medicines coming from. And training. Writing a protocol. The cheat's guide! Here's some technical stuff you probably don't need to know - but it will make you look very knowledgeable and super bright and it is very interesting! The medicine's act. It does what it says on the tin. Here are some important things to look-out for. Bulk prescribing. In an emergency. Here are the issues spelled out in a bit more detail. Monitored dose systems. Over the counter medicines. Safe and secure storage of medicines. OK, so what happens when you are in charge of the medicines. Controlled drugs. Keep cool. Taking the tablets. Off to the beach. When you don't need them anymore - the medicines not the resident! Residents who need oxygen and you. Oxygen. The new system is all done on the hoof. The system at a glance. Some stuff about medicines. From time to time things go wrong. Here are some things to think about. More interesting stuff! More on controlled drugs. Waste disposal. Nutrition. We are what we eat. Hand hygiene.

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Roy C. Lilley, Paul Lambden, Siddhartha Goel

• Introduction. How to get the best from this book. Section One. Accredited learning. What do we need to think about. What do we get wrong. Self service. Controlled drugs. A horror story. Who's job is it anyway. How do we get the medicines and what do we do with them when we've got them. Where should the medicines be stored. Controlled drugs. 'Get it right' check list - for controlled drugs. Get the house-keeping right. Taking the medicine. Made a mistake with the medicine. This is a residential home and not a prison. Got a headache. Taking the medicine. Adverse reactions. What to look out for in the patient. Section Two. Medicines record. Where are the medicines coming from. And training. Writing a protocol. The cheat's guide! Here's some technical stuff you probably don't need to know - but it will make you look very knowledgeable and super bright and it is very interesting! The medicine's act. It does what it says on the tin. Here are some important things to look-out for. Bulk prescribing. In an emergency. Here are the issues spelled out in a bit more detail. Monitored dose systems. Over the counter medicines. Safe and secure storage of medicines. OK, so what happens when you are in charge of the medicines. Controlled drugs. Keep cool. Taking the tablets. Off to the beach. When you don't need them anymore - the medicines not the resident! Residents who need oxygen and you. Oxygen. The new system is all done on the hoof. The system at a glance. Some stuff about medicines. From time to time things go wrong. Here are some things to think about. More interesting stuff! More on controlled drugs. Waste disposal. Nutrition. We are what we eat. Hand hygiene.

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Roy C. Lilley, Paul Lambden, Siddhartha Goel

• Introduction. How to get the best from this book. Section One. Accredited learning. What do we need to think about. What do we get wrong. Self service. Controlled drugs. A horror story. Who's job is it anyway. How do we get the medicines and what do we do with them when we've got them. Where should the medicines be stored. Controlled drugs. 'Get it right' check list - for controlled drugs. Get the house-keeping right. Taking the medicine. Made a mistake with the medicine. This is a residential home and not a prison. Got a headache. Taking the medicine. Adverse reactions. What to look out for in the patient. Section Two. Medicines record. Where are the medicines coming from. And training. Writing a protocol. The cheat's guide! Here's some technical stuff you probably don't need to know - but it will make you look very knowledgeable and super bright and it is very interesting! The medicine's act. It does what it says on the tin. Here are some important things to look-out for. Bulk prescribing. In an emergency. Here are the issues spelled out in a bit more detail. Monitored dose systems. Over the counter medicines. Safe and secure storage of medicines. OK, so what happens when you are in charge of the medicines. Controlled drugs. Keep cool. Taking the tablets. Off to the beach. When you don't need them anymore - the medicines not the resident! Residents who need oxygen and you. Oxygen. The new system is all done on the hoof. The system at a glance. Some stuff about medicines. From time to time things go wrong. Here are some things to think about. More interesting stuff! More on controlled drugs. Waste disposal. Nutrition. We are what we eat. Hand hygiene.

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