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Nurse Prescribing

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Jennifer L. Humphries

    1. Department of Primary and Community Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, UK

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  2. Joyce Green

    1. Department of Health Care Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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  • After piloting the idea of nurse prescribing, both the government and the statutory bodies have given their backing to widespread expansion of this initiative
    Could well be the first book published in what is set to be a major new area
    Emanates from Manchester Metropolitan University the site of the first pilot scheme for nurse prescribing

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Development of the nurse prescribing initiative

    • Joyce Green
    Pages 1-15

  3. Nurse prescribing — accountability

    • Eileen Groves
    Pages 16-30

  4. Assessment and evaluation in nurse prescribing

    • Jennifer Humphries
    Pages 31-48

  5. Responsibilities of prescribing

    • Rosalyn Anderson
    Pages 49-66

  6. The management of prescribing

    • Mark Campbell
    Pages 67-76

  7. Keep taking your medication or you will not get better. Who is the non-compliant patient?

    • Joel Richman
    Pages 77-89

  8. Nurse prescribing: the reality

    • Lorraine Berry, Rita Hurst
    Pages 90-106

  9. Do not go gentle…

    • David Skidmore
    Pages 107-116

  10. Nurse prescribing: the future

    • Jennifer Humphries, Joyce Green
    Pages 117-125

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 126-137
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About this book

This book provides a critical examination of the development and implications of nurse prescribing in relation to patients and clients, to nurses themselves, and to the nursing profession in general. The professional issues relevant to nurse prescribing are discussed and examined within the current framework of community nursing and practical guidelines are given.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Primary and Community Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, UK

    Jennifer L. Humphries

  • Department of Health Care Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Joyce Green

About the editors

JENNIFER L. HUMPHRIES and JOYCE GREEN have been responsible for teaching the students of nurse prescribing at Manchester Metropolitan University since the original pilot scheme in 1994. Joyce Green was a member of the ENB Working Group for Nurse Prescribing. She is currently a part time lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Jennifer Humphries is a senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nurse Prescribing

  • Editors: Jennifer L. Humphries, Joyce Green

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14722-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 137

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Nursing

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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