Guides: Nursing: Pharmacology & Medication

YouTube

Medical Pharmacology at a Glance (2019) Provides a visual overview of pharmacology, and describing the basic principles of drug action, interaction, absorption, and excretion.
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook; 9th Edition (2023) It is a comprehensive reference of over 500 injectable medicines, including 82 cancer therapies and more than 240 monographs with information about use in infants and children.

eBook

Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses : Includes 90 Calculation Tests and 100 MCQs! (2020) It covers fundamental concepts of how the major classes of medications exert their therapeutic effect, but also how side effects and adverse reactions can occur.

Books

Clinical Dosage Calculations; 3rd edition (2020) A full-colour text covering the important aspects of dosage calculations that students require to perform this essential part of clinical practice.
Gatford and Phillips' Drug Calculations (2022) A practical guide to rapid and accurate drug calculations for all health professionals who prescribe, supply and administer medication.

Websites

Nursing Calculations These tutorials are an introduction to basic drug calculations for nursing. After each tutorial, test your knowledge with the interactive activities.
PTCB Practice Test Each question comes with detailed answer explanations to help you plug any knowledge gaps.
Medication Safety - ACSQHC Information in these pages can help health service organisations and clinicians identify and implement strategies to improve medication safety.

MIMS Online > NMT This link opens in a new window Authoritative information about medications, descriptions, prescriptions and interactions. (Note: only four users can be online at any one time.)
Australian Medicines Handbook > NMT This link opens in a new window Concise, reliable and comprehensive information for comparative drug data allowing users to compare drugs and make informed prescribing choices.

Fact sheet: Enrolled Nurses and Medicines Administration - Ahpra Enrolled nurses (ENs) are able to administer medicines if they have completed medication administration education at some stage in their career.
Medicines - Department of Health and Aged Care Find out what we’re doing to help make sure medicines in Australia are safe, good quality and accessible, and do what they say they will do.
Medication Safety - ACSQHC Medication safety forms part of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (second edition). Information in these pages can help health service organisations and clinicians identify and implement strategies to improve medication safety.
Medicines Information - Healthdirect Enabled to Search by brand name or active ingredient

National Medicines Policy This document outlines how we work with state and territory governments, the health and medicines industry, consumers and the media to ensure Australians have fair and affordable access to medicines.
National Strategy for Quality Use of Medicines This strategy sets out the approach we are taking to achieve quality use of medicines in Australia. The strategy recognises that many people do not need medicines to be healthy, while for others, medicines play an important role in maintaining health, preventing illness and curing disease.
The Poisons Standard (the SUSMP) The Poisons Standard consists of decisions regarding the classification of medicines and poisons into Schedules for inclusion in the relevant legislation of the States and Territories. The Poisons Standard also includes model provisions about containers and labels, a list of products recommended to be exempt from these provisions, and recommendations about other controls on drugs and poisons.

Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs (2022) It provides all the medication information you need to know, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system, and referred to by both trade and generic name.
Australian Drug Guide; 9th edition (2022) Before you take any medication, make sure you know the facts. Australian Drug Guide brings you nearly 1000 pages of up-to-the-minute information that could mean the difference between life and death for you or someone you know.
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook; Eighth Edition (2020) Provides up-to-date and vital information on more than 500 injectable medicines and is an essential frontline resource ensuring patient safety and quality care.
Australian Medicines Handbook 2020 (2020) Provides concise, practical and reliable drug information. The book is designed with the busy health professional in mind.
Pharmacology in Nursing; 3rd Edition (2020) The text introduces medications and medication therapies, and the principles and methods of medication administration, with an emphasis on the implications for nursing care.