Barry Hill has been a registered nurse for 17 years and is skilled in acute and critical care. He worked in general, cardiac and neuro trauma ICU at Imperial College NHS trust and progressed from staff nurse to a surgical matron. Barry began working as a clinical mentor in intensive care nursing in 2006 and has worked in Higher Education teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2014. His key areas of interest are acute and critical care, clinical skills, pharmacology, and advanced level practice. Barry has published widely in journals and books and is a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy.
Aby Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, and Professional Lead for Simulation and Immersive Technologies, University of West London, UK. Aby started her nursing career in 1998 in her local general hospital, working as a staff nurse within a burns and plastics and head and neck cancer unit. In 1999, she moved into district nursing and developed a special interest in tissue viability and palliative care. Aby has worked in Higher Education since 2014, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is now professional lead for simulation and immersive technologies at the University of West London.

Contributors vii
Preface x
Part 1 Prescribing 1
1 Scope of Practice NMP 2
2 Professional, legal, and ethical issues 4
3 Independent and supplementary prescribing 6
4 Community practitioner nurse prescriber (V150/V100) 8
5 Critical thinking and clinical reasoning 10
6 Exploring interventions 12
7 Evidence-based diagnosis 14
8 Referring to other members of the multidisciplinary team 16
9 Clinical management plans 18
Part 2 Consideration of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions 21
10 Non-pharmacological approaches 22
11 Pharmacological treatment options 24
12 Prescribing reference guides 26
13 Medication selection 28
14 How to prescribe 30
15 Risk benefit assessment 32
16 Pharmacodynamics 34
17 Pharmacokinetics 36
18 Holistic assessment 38
19 Quality of life 40
20 Evidence-based practice 42
21 Medicines and public health 44
22 Infection prevention and control 46
Part 3 Advanced history taking and examination 49
23 Consultation models 50
24 Principles of history taking and physical examination skills 52
25 Preparation for objective structured clinical examination 54
26 History taking for patients who lack mental capacity 58
27 Prescribing and the mental capacity act 60
28 Skin history taking and physical examination 62
29 Neurological history taking and physical examination 64
30 Head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat 66
31 Lymph node assessment 68
32 Endocrine history taking and physical examination 70
33 Respiratory 72
34 Cardiovascular history taking and physical examination 74
35 Abdominal history taking and physical examination for non-medical prescribers 76
36 Genitourinary system history taking and physical examination 78
37 Musculoskeletal history taking and physical examination 80
Part 4 Shared Decision-making 83
38 Equality, diversity, and inclusion 84
39 Concordance 86
40 Building relationships 88
41 Inclusive prescribing and informed choices 90
42 Medicine's optimisation 92
43 Social prescribing 94
Part 5 Prescribing Practice 97
44 Adverse drug reactions 98
45 Frameworks and guidelines 100
46 Prescribing generic products 102
47 Medication calculations 104
48 Non-medical authorisation of blood components 106
49 Electronic prescribing 108
Part 6 Patient education and health promotion 111
50 Unlicensed medicines 112
51 Record-keeping and data management 114
52 Adherence 116
53 Patients recognising deterioration 118
54 Patients' responsibility and self-management 120
References 122
Index 129