Good medicines management is an important part of most nursing and midwifery practice. It includes the administration of medicines, prescribing and supporting people to take their medicines correctly. Use this guide to find information resources related to medicines optimisation including books, reports and journal articles.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Medicines management: an overview for nursing. London: RCN.
Beckwith S and Franklin P (2011) Oxford handbook of prescribing for nurses and allied health professionals (2nd edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Boyd C (2013) Student survival skills: medicine management skills for nurses, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
Davidson N (2014) Numeracy and clinical calculations for nurses, Newton Abbot: Reflect Press.
Gatford J and Phillips N (2016) Nursing calculations, Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Harris N and Shearer D (2013) Nurses! Test yourself in non-medical prescribing, Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Lapham R (2015) Drug calculations for nurses: a step by step approach, London: CRC Press.
Nuttall D and Rutt-Howard J (editors) (2015) Textbook of non-medical prescribing, Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Waterfield J and Rivers P (2012) Fundamental aspects of medicines, London: Quay Books.
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Page last updated - 07/02/2020
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