Understanding Medicines Management for Nursing Students - Paperback

by Paul Deslandes (Author), Ben Pitcher (Author), Simon Young (Author)

Understanding medicines management is central to the nursing role. As a nurse, you will need to make informed decisions about medicine use and optimisation that′s tailored to each patient in your care. This book equips you with the theoretical and practical foundations to do just that. It covers the key components of medicines management for all fields, using a scenario-based approach to illustrate how each topic relates to your real-life practice .

Key features
- Fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018)
- Scenarios and activities help you to translate the theory into evidence-based practice, from injections and dosing to safety and ethics.
- Now with new discussions on medicines adherence, access to medicines, cultural competence and treating children.
- Acts as a stepping stone to support your readiness to undertake a prescribing qualification upon registration

Author Biography

Paul Deslandes is a registered pharmacist and associate professor of pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, Swansea University. He has an interest in psychopharmacology and medicines used to treat mental illness.

Ben Pitcher is a registered nurse and senior lecturer in life sciences and medicines management at the University of South Wales, UK. He has a background in pharmacology and critical care nursing.

Simon Young is the Assistant Dean of the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity St David. He is registered practicing pharmacist and prescriber. His teaching role encompasses all aspects of managing medicines and prescribing and his research interests include safe and effective medicines use.