The first medicines management textbook for trainee nursing associates!

Effectively managing and administering medicines is a core responsibility for all Nursing Associates. To help you master these skills, this book covers everything you will need to know in medicines management, from understanding the fundamental legal and professional requirements, to developing essential drug calculations skills. By breaking down this often-overwhelming subject into manageable chunks, the book guides you through it all, step-by-step, with the help of insightful case studies and activities.

Key features:

• Fully mapped to the new NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates (2018)
• Activities and other learning features help you get to grips with the key skills
• Wide-ranging case studies covering all fields and environments show how this knowledge applies to your practice.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Understanding Nursing Associate Practice series (UNAP) is a new collection of books uniquely designed to support trainee Nursing Associates throughout their training and into a professional career.

About the Author
Christina Roulston is a lecturer on a number of pre-registration BN modules and module leader for medicine management for Trainee Nursing Associates on the foundation degree programme. As well as having 16 years of experience of registered general nursing in the UK she has undertaken a variety of teaching and clinical posts within British Forces Germany and Cyprus. In addition to experience in private health care she has undertaken posts in surgery, operating theatres, recovery, endoscopy and for British Forces in primary care posts. Miriam Davies is a lecturer at the University of Salford within the School of Health & Society. She has an adult nursing background within the fields of surgery and oncology. She later specialised in public health, working as a health visitor and continues to practise in this field. Her particular areas of clinical interest include child development, health promotion, medicines management and health technology. Miriam primarily teaches pre-registration nursing as well as having involvement in postgraduate programmes such as specialist community public health and non-medical prescribing. She has been actively involved with university research projects as well as curriculum design and planning for both nursing associate and pre-registration nursing programmes.

Reviews

I am thrilled to see this text written specifically for Nursing Associates. Written in an easy-to-read style, this handy book provides Nursing Associate students with the key information relating to medicines management, be it a development to their previous role or new knowledge and technical skill. Incorporation of case studies makes the content more real for the learner, demonstrating fitness to practice. This is an invaluable supportive text for all Nursing Associates embarking on their educational journey.

-- Nicola Witton



Book Information
ISBN 9781529714104
Author Christina Roulston
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Learning Matters Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 370g