Karen Blair was a Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Canterbury Christ Church University whilst writing this book. She has remained an honorary lecturer at Canterbury since taking up her present post as a nurse practitioner in General Practice in Norwich. She has worked in a wide range of children’s services since 1987, in both acute and community, the latter as a health visitor, nurse prescriber and nurse practitioner. She has an MSc in Advanced Paediatric Ambulatory Care, and worked in the UK’s first Children’s Walk-in-Centre in Liverpool before becoming a lecturer at Canterbury.

Introduction
Calculating Children′s Medicines
Legal and Ethical Issues in Children′s Medicines Management
Holistic Care and Treatment Options in Children′s Nursing
Knowledge of Children′s Medicines and Their Actions
Storing, Ordering and Receiving Medicines in Children′s Nursing
Medicines Administration in Children′s Nursing
Working in Partnership with Parents, Carers and Children in Medicines Management
Keeping up to Date and Evidence-Based Practice