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Administration of medicines: key principles | Clinical Skills
Calculations for medicines administration | Clinical Skills
Legal, professional and ethical aspects of medicines management | Clinical Skills
Understanding medication administration records | Clinical Skills
Routes of administration | Clinical Skills
Safe storage of medicines | Clinical Skills
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Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Procedures (9th Edition):Pain- Page229- 241 & 544 -587
ProQuest Ebook Central - Reader
Nursing Times: Medicines Administration 2: procedure for administration of oral medicines
Date reviewed:
Next review: August 2023