Understanding Medicines Management for Nursing Students
Second edition
- Paul Deslandes - Swansea University, UK
- Ben Pitcher - University of South Wales, UK
- Simon Young - University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, UK
March 2025 | 208 pages | Learning Matters
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, from injections to ethics.
· Now with new discussions and case studies 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
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, from injections to ethics.
· Now with new discussions and case studies 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
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