Children and Young People: Medicines Management
Use this guide to find information resources related to medicines management in children and young people including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
01/11/2022
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Medicines management: an overview for nursing. London: RCN.
BNF for children
Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills (2004) National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: medicines for children and young people. London: DH.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) Competences: an education and training competence framework for administering medicines intravenously to children and young people. Revis, 2017. London: RCN.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2018) Professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines (SSHM). London: RPS.
We would like to thank the RCN CYP Professional Issues member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Barber P and Robertson D (2020) Essentials of pharmacology for nurses. Fourth. London, England: McGraw Hill.
Blair K (2011) Medicines management in children's nursing. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Donaldson M, Gregory J, Van-Vliet G and Wolfsdorf J (2019) Practical endocrinology and diabetes in children. 4th edn. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons.
Glasper E, McEwing G and Jim Richardson (2016) Oxford handbook of children's and young people's nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. -
Chapter 3 covers administration of medicines in children’s and young people’s nursing.
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Lapham R (2021) Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach. Fifth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Lapham R (2015) Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach, 4th edn. CRC Press, Boca Raton. -
Chapter 11 covers children and medicines.
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Macqueen S, Bruce E and Faith Gibson (eds.) (2012) The Great Ormond Street Hospital manual of children's nursing practices. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. -
Chapter 15 covers administration of medicines.
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Mahmoudi M (editor) (2016) Allergy and asthma: practical diagnosis and management. Cham: Springer. -
Chapter 4 covers paediatric asthma.
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Martyn J-A, Carey M C, Gatford J D and Phillips N (2023) Gatford and Phillips' drug calculations. Tenth. Amsterdam: Elsevier
Parker A (2015) Numeracy in children's nursing. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Peate I and Dryden P (2021) Fundamentals of pharmacology for children's nurses. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.
Price J and McAlinden O (2019) (eds.) Essentials of nursing children and young people. London: SAGE. -
Chapter 4 covers medication: management, administration and compliance.
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Young S and Pitcher B (2016) Medicines management for nurses at a glance. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. -
Part 3 chapter 44 covers medicines management in children at a glance.
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Journals
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Open access journal:
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology -
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BMC Pediatrics -
Open access journal:
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology - Journal of Child Health Care
- Nursing Children and Younger People
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Open access journal:
World Allergy Organization Journal
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