Non-Medical Prescribing in Healthcare Practice

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 PRESCRIBING.- Chapter 12: Pharmacy and Prescribing; A.Alexander.- Chapter 13: Physiotherapy and Prescribing; P.Robinson.- Chapter 14: Podiatry and Prescribing; D.Birkinshaw.- Chapter 15: Radiography and Prescribing; J.Cameron .- PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTS IN PRACTICE.- Chapter 16: Implementing Prescribing in Secondary Care; R.Oliver-Williams.- Chapter 17: Prescribing in Nurse Triage Situations; S.Garratt.- Chapter 18: Patient Group Directions, Independent and Supplementary Prescribing; M.Brownsell.- Chapter 19: Maintaining Competency in Prescribing; M.Smith <& A.Smith.- Chapter 20: Patient Reflection on Nurse Prescribing; Anon.- Chapter 21: Consultation Skills; R.Lonsdale.- Chapter 22: The Future; D.Brookes & A.Smith.- Appendix 1: Routes of Administration for Controlled Drugs Prescribable by Nurse Independent Prescribers for Specified Indications Only.- Appendix 2:.- Appendix 3: The Twelve Principles of Writing a Prescription.- Index.