Understanding Medicines Management for Nursing Students

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards, this book covers the key components of medicines management and optimisation that pre-registration nurses working in all fields need to know, using a scenario-based approach to illustrate how each topic relates to nursing practice - from injections and dosing to safety and ethics.

List of contents

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

About the author

Paul Deslandes is a registered pharmacist and associate professor of pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, Swansea University. He has an interest in psychopharmacology and medicines used to treat mental illness.Ben Pitcher is a registered nurse and senior lecturer in life sciences and medicines management at the University of South Wales, UK. He has a background in pharmacology and critical care nursing.Simon Young is the Assistant Dean of the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity St David. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Deslandes, Paul Pitcher Deslandes, Ben Pitcher, Pitcher Ben, Simon Young
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2025
• EAN: 9781529687446
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-8744-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pharmacology, Nursing specialties, Nursing fundamentals and skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Textbook, coursework, Nursing pharmacology