HECS5322M
Module Reading List
Melanie McGinlay
m.mcginlay@leeds.ac.uk
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
- General Prescribing
- Assessment, Consultation and Decision Making
- Influences and Psychology of Prescribing
- Prescribing in a Team Context
- Update on Relevant Aspects of Basic, Applied Therapeutics & Evidence Based Medicine
- Drug Interactions
- Calculations
- Ethics
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Governance
- Reflective Practice
- Legal, Policy, Professional Aspects
INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBING FOR NURSES, MIDWIVES, PHARMACISTS, PARAMEDICS & PHYSIOTHERAPISTS READING LIST
General Prescribing
Essential
Nuttall, D & J, Rutt-Howard. 2020. The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing. Wiley-Blackwell. West Sussex.
Desirable
Beckwith, S & P, Franklin. 2011. Oxford handbook of prescribing for nurses and allied health professionals. Oxford University Press. Oxford
Bradbury, H & B Strickland-Hodge. 2013. Practical prescribing for medical students. SAGE Publications Ltd, Exeter. (An excellent text for all disciplines despite the medic title)
Strickland-Hodge B & MC Kennedy. 2019. The Prescribing Pharmacist. M & K Publishing. London.
Nicholson, T & D, Singer. 2015. Pocket prescriber. CRC Press. London.
Blaber, A. and Morris, H. 2020. Independent Prescribing for District Nurses. Class Professional Publishing
Blaber, A., Morris, H. and Collen, A. 2018. Independent Prescribing for Paramedics. Class Professional Publishing.
Assessment, Consultation and Decision Making
Essential
Gill, C & M, Murphy. 2013. Communication and Patient Collaboration. Chapter one in: Practical prescribing for medical students. Editors: Helen Bradbury & Barry Strickland-Hodge. Sage Publications Ltd. Exeter.
Rawles, Z. B, Griffiths & T, Alexander. 2015. Physical Examination Procedures for Advanced Nurses and Independent Prescribers: Evidence and Rationale. Hodder Arnold. Zoe Rawles (Author) › Visit Amazon's Zoe Rawles Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Thompson, C & D, Dowding. 2017. Clinical decision making and judgement in nursing. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh.
Skinner, S. (2005). Understanding clinical investigations : a quick reference manual (Second edition.). Bailliere Tindall.
Desirable
Bickley, L. 2016. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11th Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia.
Molton, L. 2007. The Naked Consultation: A Practical Guide to Primary Care Consultation Skills. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
Influences and Psychology of Prescribing
There are a number of good texts here, a couple are:
Arnold, E, C & K, Underman Boggs. 2015. Interpersonal Relationships Professional Communication Skills for Nurses. 7th Edition. Elsevier Health Sciences. London
Conner, M & P, Norman. 2015. Predicting and Changing Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models. 3rd Edition. Open University Press
Rungapadiachy, D, M. 1999. Interpersonal communication and psychology for health care professionals : theory and practice. Butterworth-Heinemann. London.
Prescribing in a Team Context
Franklin, P, M. 2017. Non-medical prescribing in the United Kingdom. Springer International Publishing. London.
Update on Relevant Aspects of Basic, Applied Therapeutics & Evidence Based Medicine
A current textbook of clinical pharmacology. There are many and most students would benefit from looking through the University Library pharmacology section to choose a text that suits them. For example the current Edition of the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy.
Essential
Greenstein, B. 2015. Trounce's Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses. 18th Edition. Churchhill Livingstone Elsevier. London.
Whittlesea, C., & Hodson, K. (2019). Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (Sixth edition.). Elsevier.
Ritter, J., Flower, R., Henderson, G., Loke, Y., MacEwan, D., & Rang, H. (2019). Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology (Ninth edition.). Elsevier.
Waller, D & T, Sampson. 2017. Medical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Elsevier Health
Also
Neal, M. 2015. Medical Pharmacology at a Glance. 8th Edition. Blackwell Publishing. London.
Greenhalgh, T. (2014). How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine (Fifth edition.). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Drug Interactions
Essential
Baxter, K. 2016. Stockley’s Drug Interactions. 11th Edition. Pharmaceutical Press. London.
Calculations
Desirable
Harris, S. N & D, Shearer. 2013. Nurses! Test yourself in non-medical prescribing. Open University Press
Lapham, R. 2015. Drug calculations for nurses: A step by step approach. 4th Edition.Hodder Arnold. London.
Ethics
Avery, G. 2016. Law and Ethics in Nursing and Healthcare: An Introduction. 2rd Edition. Sage Publications Ltd.
Beauchamp, Tom L., and James F. Childress. Principles of Biomedical Ethics . Eighth edition., Oxford University Press, 2019.
Desirable
Manson, Neil C., and Onora O’Neill. Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics . Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Pathophysiology
It is important that this aspect of therapeutics is understood if the disease process is to be managed effectively over time.
Desirable
Golan, E & A, H Tashjian. 2016. Principles of Pharmacology. The pathophysiologic basis of drug therapy. 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
McGavock, H. 2015. How Drugs Work: Basic Pharmacology for Healthcare Professionals. 4rd Edition. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
Desirable
Basten, G. 2013. Blood results in clinical practice M&K Publishing
Bickley, L. 2016. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11th Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia.
Edwards, C & P, Stillman. 2016. Minor illness or major disease? : the clinical pharmacist in the community. 6h Edition. Pharmaceutical Press
Pagana, K & T, J, Pagana. 2017. Mosby's diagnostic and laboratory test reference. 6th Edition. Mosby/Elsevier Publishing, Oxford.
Clinical Governance
McSherry, R & P, Pearce. 2011. Clinical Governance a Guide to implementation for Healthcare Professionals. 3rd Edition. Blackwell Publishing. Oxford.
Reflective Practice
Boud, D., Keogh, R. and Walker, D., 1985. Promoting reflection in learning: A model. In Boud, D., Keogh, R. and Walker, D (eds) Reflection: Turning experience into learning. London. Kogan Page. pp 18-41.
Brookfield, S. 1995. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. San-Francisco. Josey-Bass.
Moon, J. 2004. A handbook of reflective and experiential learning: Theory and Practice. London, Routledge.
Oelofsen, N. 2012. Developing reflective practice : a guide for students and practitioners of health and social care. Lantern Publishing Ltd. Oxfordshire
Legal, Policy, Professional Aspects
The reports below are important to give an overview to the development of independent and supplementary prescribing for nurses and midwives and pharmacists.
Essential
General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC): 2017. Standards for pharmacy professionals. Available here:https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/standards_for_pharmacy_professionals_may_2017.pdf
National Institute For Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Medicines management: general and other. All NICE products on medicines management: Includes any guidance, advice, NICE Pathways and quality standards Available here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/service-delivery--organisation-and-staffing/medicines-management/medicines-management--general-and-other#panel-pathways
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): 2015. The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. Available here:https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS): 2017. Single Competency Framework for Prescribers
Desirable
Brazier, Margaret., and Emma Cave. Medicine, Patients and the Law. Sixth edition / Margaret Brazier and Emma Cave., Manchester University Press, 2016.Department of Health. 1989. Crown 1 Report of the Advisory Group on Nurse Prescribing. The Stationery Office. London.
Department of Health. 1999. Crown 2 Review of Prescribing, Supply and Administration of Medicines. The Stationery Office. London.
Department of Health. 2006a. The NHS (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Independent Prescribing) Regulations 2006. Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 913. The Stationery Office. London. Available here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/913/pdfs/uksi_20060913_en.pdf
Department of Health. 2006b. Improving patients' access to medicines : a guide to implementing nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing within the NHS in England. The Stationery Office. London.
Bowers, D. A, House. D, Owens & Berwick, B. 2014. Understanding Clinical Papers. 3rd Edition. John Wiley and Sons. Chichester.
Casey, D. L, Clark & S, Hayes. 2017. Study skills for Master's level students : a reflective approach for health and social care. 2nd Edition. Lantern Publishing Ltd; Second edition
Curtis, E & J, Cullen. 2017. Leadership and change for the health professional. 1st Edition. McGraw Hill Education. England.
Dodds, L. 2013. Drugs in use : case studies for pharmacists and prescribers. 5th Edition. Pharmaceutical press. London. (A useful text for all disciplines despite the pharmacist title)
Healy D. 2016. Psychiatric Drugs Explained 6th Edition. Elsevier Publishing, Oxford.
Hussey, D. 2012. Strategic management : from theory to implementation. CRC Press. London.
Moore, A & H, McQuay. 2006. Bandolier's little book of making sense of the medical evidence. Oxford University Press
This list was last updated on 05/08/2021