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Medicines Management

Use this guide to find information resources about medicines management including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2023) Standards for prescribers
快猫视频 and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2020) Guidance on prescribing, dispensing, supplying and administration of medicines: March 2020: position statement. London: 快猫视频.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2022) Professional guidance: expanding prescribing scope of practice. London: RPS.
Welsh Medicines Advice Service
  • Please check that guidance is applicable for your country.
Publication cover 快猫视频 (2020) Medicines management: an overview for nursing. London: 快猫视频.
BNF online
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2024) Professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines (SSHM). London: RPS.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2021) A competency framework for all prescribers. London: RPS.
Scottish Government Polypharmacy Model of Care Group (2018) Polypharmacy guidance, realistic prescribing (3rd ed.). Scottish Government. Scottish Government.
  • Please check that guidance is applicable for your country.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland: Scottish Patient Safety Programme: Medicines 
  • Please check that guidance is applicable for your country.
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) Medicines management 
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Department of Health and University of Leeds (2016) Administration of medicines in care homes (with nursing) for older people by care assistants. Evidence-based guidance for care home providers. London: DH.
  • Please check that guidance is applicable for your country.

Books

Book cover Blaber A, Morris H and Gorman J (2020) Independent prescribing for district nurses. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.
Book cover Ashelford S, Raynsford J and Taylor V (2024) Pathophysiology and pharmacology in nursing. 3rd edn. London: Sage. 
Boyd-Calculation-skills Boyd C (2022) Calculation skills for nurses. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Boyd C (2022) Medicine management skills for nurses. 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Courtenay M and Griffiths M (2022) Independent and supplementary prescribing: an essential guide. 3rd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book Cover Davidson N (2020) Numeracy and clinical calculations for nurses. 2nd edn. Banbury: Lantern.
Book Cover Deslandes P, Young S and Pitcher B (2020) Rapid medicines management for healthcare professionals. Newark: Wiley. 
Book Cover Deslands P, Pitcher B and Young S (2022) Understanding medicines management for nursing students. London: Learning Matters.
Book cover Gould J and Bain H (2022) Principles and practice of nurse prescribing. London: Learning Matters.
Boyd-Calculation-skills Hill B and A Mitchell (2023) Independent and supplementary prescribing at a glance. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Lapham R (2021) Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach. 5th edn. London: Routledge. 
Book Cover Rogers K and Scott W (2022) Nurses! Test yourself in essential calculation skills. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. 
Book Cover Scholefield D and Sebti A (2021) Pharmacology case studies for nurse prescribers. Keswick: M&K Update.   
Book cover Starkings S (2021) Passing calculations tests in nursing: 5th edn. London: Learning Matters.
Book Cover Nuttall D and Rutt-Howard J (editors) (2019) Textbook of non-medical prescribing. 3rd edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.