Paul Deslandes & Ben Pitcher 
Understanding Medicines Management for Nursing Students 

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

·       Acts as a stepping stone to support your readiness to undertake a prescribing qualification upon registration

Table of Content

Chapter 1: Commonly used medicines information resources

Chapter 2: What is a medicine?

Chapter 3: Legal and ethical considerations in medicines management

Chapter 4: Medicine formulation, routes of administration, and dosing

Chapter 5: Adverse effects of medicines and patient safety

Chapter 6: Medicines management considerations across the lifespan

Chapter 7: Societal implications of medicines use

Chapter 8: Evidence based medicines management

About the author

Simon Young is an Academic Subject Manager at the University of South Wales. 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.