Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Molly Courtenay is a Professor of Health Sciences at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales. Matt Griffiths previously a Nurse Practitioner and prescriber, now works as a Quality Improvement Nurse at the Royal United Hospital NHS Trust in Bath, and is also a Visiting Professor at Birmingham City University and an Independent Nurse Consultant.

1. Non-medical prescribing: An overview Molly Courtenay and Matt Griffiths; 2. Non-medical prescribing in a multidisciplinary team context Barbara Stuttle, Sam Sherrington and Dianne Hogg; 3. Consultation skills and decision making Gary Morris and Anne Baird; 4. Legal aspects of independent and supplementary prescribing Mark Gagan; 5. Ethical issues in independent and supplementary prescribing Jo Taylor and John Adams; 6. Psychology and sociology of prescribing Angel Chater and Hannah Family; 7. Applied pharmacology Kat Hall and Michele Cossey; 8. Monitoring skills (asthma, diabetes, renal impairment) Sharon Sturney, Sian Bodman and Sally Haslam; 9. Promoting concordance in prescribing interactions Sue Latter; 10. Evidenced-based prescribing Gerry Morrow; 11. Independent/supplementary prescribing: A public health perspective Sarah O'Brien; 12. Calculation skills Alison Eggleton; 13. Prescribing in practice: How it works Polly Buchanan; 14. Minimising the risk of prescribing error Cate Whittlesea; 15. Prescribing for undergraduate students Rosemary Lim and Molly Courtenay; 16. Antimicrobial prescribing Enrique Castro-Sanchez.