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Children and Young People: Medicines Management

Use this guide to find information resources related to medicines management in children and young people including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 08/02/2024

Key Resources

Publication cover Royal College of Nursing (2020) Medicines management: an overview for nursing. London: RCN.
BNF for children
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.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2018) Professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines (SSHM). London: RPS.
We would like to thank the RCN CYP Professional Issues member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Barber P and Robertson D (2020) Essentials of pharmacology for nurses. 4th edn. London, England: McGraw Hill.
Book cover Blair K (2011) Medicines management in children's nursing. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Book cover Bruce E, Williss J and Gibson F (eds.) (2023) The Great Ormond Street Hospital manual of children's nursing practices. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Book cover Donaldson M, Gregory J, Van-Vliet G and Wolfsdorf J (2019) Practical endocrinology and diabetes in children. 4th edn. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons.
Book cover Glasper E, McEwing G and Jim Richardson (2016) Oxford handbook of children's and young people's nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book cover Lapham R (2021) Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach. 5th edn. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Book cover Mahmoudi M (editor) (2016) Allergy and asthma: practical diagnosis and management. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Martyn J-A, Carey M C, Gatford J D and Phillips N (2023) Gatford and Phillips' drug calculations. Tenth. Amsterdam: Elsevier
Book cover Parker A (2015) Numeracy in children's nursing. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Peate I and Dryden P (2021) Fundamentals of pharmacology for children's nurses. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Price J and McAlinden O (2019) (eds.) Essentials of nursing children and young people. London: SAGE.
Book cover Young S and Pitcher B (2016) Medicines management for nurses at a glance. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.

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Journals

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

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Medicines management
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