Non-Medical Prescribing in Healthcare Practice: A Toolkit for Students and Practitioners [Paperback]

This text offers a contemporary insight into non-medical prescribing initiatives in everyday situations, covering the latest phase in this ever-evolving field of professional practice. With contributors from a variety of health professions, this practical text examines prescribing as it stands now, how it may develop in the future.

DAWN BROOKES Community Matron in Ilkeston and previously Clinical Practice Lecturer, University of Reading, UK.

ANNE SMITH Director of Nursing Studies, University of Reading, UK.
DAWN BROOKES Community Matron in Ilkeston and previously Clinical Practice Lecturer, University of Reading, UK.

ANNE SMITH Director of Nursing Studies, University of Reading, UK.

Foreword; Lady Cumberlege
Introduction; D.Brookes & A.Smith
PART ONE: IMPLEMENTATION OF INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Chapter 1: Implementation Across the United Kingdom
Policy Background; M.Courtenay & M.Griffiths
Implementation in Scotland; I.Rutherford & A.Sherry
Implementation in Northern Ireland; C.Mason & A.Glenn
Implementation in England; M.Courtenay & M.Griffiths
Implementation in Wales; F.Irvine & C.Kirkham
Chapter 2: Educational Preparation for the Prescribing Role; S.Topper
Chapter 3: Prescribing Partnerships; H.Crawley
Chapter 4: Government Targets: Getting the Best from Non
Medical Prescribing; S.Tinson
PART TWO: NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PERSPECTIVES ON INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBING
Chapter 5: Walk-in Centre Perspectives; R.Lonsdale
Chapter 6: District Nursing Perspectives; S.Dundon & D.Brookes
Chapter 7: Midwifery Perspectives; J.Prior
Chapter 8: Health Visitor Perspectives; J.Davies
Chapter 9: Mental Health Nursing Perspectives; S.Sherring & A.Rendall
Chapter 10: School Nursing Perspectives; J.Rosalie
Chapter 11: Community Matron Perspectives; D.Brookes
PART THREE: ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPLEMENTARY Pl£w