Understanding Medicines Management for Nursing Students

Paul Deslandes, Ben Pitcher, Simon Young

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Sage Publications Ltd
28 March 2025

Nursing fundamentals & skills; Nursing pharmacology

Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series

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

By: Paul Deslandes, Ben Pitcher, Simon Young
Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 171mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781529687446
ISBN 10: 1529687446
Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Finding reliable information about medicines Chapter 2: What is a medicine? Chapter 3: Legal and ethical considerations in medicine management Chapter 4: Medicine formulation, routes of administration, and dosing Chapter 5: Adverse effects of medicines and patient safety Chapter 6: Medicines management across the lifespan Chapter 7: Societal implications of medicines use Chapter 8: Evidence-based medicines management

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.