This unique and highly popular book provides an essential and authoritative guide to the principles and practice of nurse prescribing. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in response to the recent developments that have secured an expansion of prescribing authority in terms of the nurses who may prescribe and the products that may be prescribed.
Retaining the concise format and clear writing style of the first edition, the text explores a wide range of topics related to current practice and provides access to a variety of perspectives on nurse prescribing. The contributors draw on a wealth of experience to provide a critical exploration of the development and implications of nurse prescribing. Topics covered include:
accountability
assessment and evaluation
responsibilities
management
compliance.
New for this edition are separate chapters covering legal issues and ethical principles, as well as a whole chapter of case study scenarios that give the reader real-life examples of nurse prescribing in practice.
Whether you are already a nurse prescriber, about to become one, or a health care professional interested in prescribing issues or the developing and expanding role of the nurse, this book is for you.
'...invaluable and eminently readable...explores fundamental professional issues around responsibility, accountability, management, assessment, ethics and the law.' - Fiona Winstanley, Senior Lecturer, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Nursing Times
'This is an excellent as a 'must have' book for anyone considering nurse prescribing...The editors have done an excellent job.' - Jill Peters, Primary Health Care
Foreword; Baroness Cumberlege
Preface
Development of the Nurse Prescribing Initiative; J.Green
Nurse Prescribing: Ethical Principles and Accountability; E.Groves
Nurse Prescribing: Accountability and Legal Issues; S.Preece
Assessment and Evaluation in Nurse Prescribing; J.Humphries
Responsibilities of Prescribing; R.Anderson
The Management of Prescribing; M.Campbell
Keep Taking Your Medication or You Will Not Get Better: Who is the Non-Compliant Patient?; J.Richman
Nurse Prescribing: The Reality; L.Lowe & R.Hurst
Will You Walk a Little Faster...?; D.Skidmore
Nurse Prescribing Case Studies; J.Humphries
The Future of Nurse Prescribing; J.Humphries & J.Green
Appendix 1: The Nurse Prescriber's Formulary
Appendix 2: Proposed List of Prescription Only Medicines for Prescribing by Independent Nurse Prescribers
Index
JENNIFER L. HUMPHRIES and JOYCE GREEN have been involved in teaching nurse prescribing since the original pilot scheme in 1994. Jennifer is Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. Joyce was a member of the ENB Nurse Prescribing Working Group and now retired, she continues to work as an external examiner.