Children and Young People: Medicines Management

Royal College of Nursing (2020) Medicines management: an overview for nursing. London: RCN.

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BNF for children

• BNF for children online
• BNF and BNFC App (iOS and Android)

Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills (2004) National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: medicines for children and young people. London: DH.

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2018) Professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines (SSHM). London: RPS.

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We would like to thank the RCN CYP Professional Issues member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Medicine management and children
• Children and asthma: pharmacy /therapeutics/ pharmacology
• Medicine management and childhood diabetes

Journals of interest for children and young people medicines optimisation. Use these links to see details of availability.

• Open access journal:
  Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
• Open access journal:
  BMC Pediatrics
• Open access journal:
  International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology
• Journal of Child Health Care
• Nursing Children and Younger People
• Open access journal:
  World Allergy Organization Journal