Practical Prescribing for Nurses

Barry Strickland-Hodge MSc, PhD, FRPharmS, FHEA, Visiting Professor of Prescribing Practice at the University of Leeds and a doctoral supervisor for students at the university of Derby. He was a prescribing adviser to GP practices in Newham and Belfast for 15 years. He developed the prescribing course for pharmacists at the University of Leeds in 2003, with the first intake in 2004. Barry has an interest in the history of medicine and pharmacy and became an apothecary in 1990. He has written a number of books and papers on prescribing and information systems.Rebecca Dickinson PhD, RGN, is programme lead for adult nursing at the University of Leeds and Chair of the School Ethics Committee. She supports teaching on the independent and supplementary prescribing course for nurses and midwives. Rebecca is interested in how to optimally support patients with understanding about taking their medicines and has a particular interest in promoting understanding of how risk of harm, likelihood of benefit and uncertainty about medicines are communicated to patients. Rebecca’s PhD was jointly supported by the University of Leeds and the MHRA and focused on the provision of a headline section and additional benefit information in regulated patient information leaflets. Helen Bradbury BSc., (Pharm)., MEd., FRPharmS., FHEA,. Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Leeds. Helen worked in the NHS as a hospital pharmacist for 20 years before commencing her academic career. Helen’s subject specialities are clinical education, with an interest in pharmacy education, personal and professional development and interprofessional education. In her last role as professional lead for pharmacy she advised on the delivery of the independent prescribing programmes for nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals. She has published on reflective practice, interprofessional education and prescribing for medical students.

• Chapter 1: The development of prescribing outside medicine and dentistryChapter 2: Prescribing resources and competency frameworksChapter 3: The consultation, diagnostic processes, differential diagnosis and influences on prescribingChapter 4: Putting shared decision making into practiceChapter 5: Understanding patients medicines-related values, beliefs and expectations and safeguardingChapter 6: An introduction to pharmacology and therapeutics and prescribing antimicrobialsChapter 7: Medicines requiring particular care when prescribingChapter 8: Prescribing for Particular Patient GroupsChapter 9: Adverse drug reactions and interactionsChapter 10: Prescription writing including risk of remote prescribingChapter 11: Transition to Prescriber and Deprescribing

I teach a session on consultation models and differential diagnoses. This book adds interesting insights on the potential influences on prescribing, and how to clearly communicate risks and benefits of potential treatments.