Study Details: 9 months, part-time
This short course is aimed at nurses, midwives, specialist community public health nurses, physiotherapists, podiatrists and paramedics. It offers you the opportunity to develop the competencies required to become an independent and supplementary prescriber.
The content of this course meets the requirements of both the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2018) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC, 2019) prescribing standards.
This outline syllabus identifies the principal areas of knowledge, understanding and abilities required to underpin the practice of prescribing: * Consultation, clinical decision-making and therapy, including monitoring and referral * Physical examination, assessment and history taking including medication history and reconciliation * Modification and cessation of medication in response to clinical indices * Influences on, and psychology of, prescribing * Prescribing in a team context * Communication with service users and/or carers regarding medicines compliance, concordance and/or adherence * Clinical pharmacology, including the effects of co-morbidity, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, adverse drug reactions, interactions and adverse incidents * Evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to prescribing * The legal context relevant to supplementary and independent prescribing, including controlled drugs, mixing of medicines, off-label prescribing of medicines and the prescribing of unlicensed medicines * Independent and supplementary prescribing mechanisms and the supply/administration of medicines * Policy and ethical aspects of Prescribing * Professional accountability and responsibility relating to independent and supplementary prescribing * Prescribing in the public health context including antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention/control * Clinical Management Plans
Teaching and assessment
You will be taught through a series of lectures, seminars and work-based learning. Your studies will be supported by the University’s virtual learning environment.
Assessment will include a pharmacology examination, an in-class numeracy test, submission of a case study and a practice portfolio of learning.
You must be able to personally use and read a standard BNF/BNFc document and may not use the assistance of a 3rd party to read and understand the paper in the numeracy test or pharmacology examination.
For your portfolio you will need to be able to provide an electronic copy of your signed statements. This will be best achieved by the use of scanner so students should have access to such hardware to undertake this course. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks. You will be told during the course when feedback on your final examination performance will be available.
for this short course are clearly identified in the NMC (2018) and HCPC (2019) prescribing standards. Further regulatory body guidance is incorporated into the course application form and processes to reflect pre-course requirements.
for this course are normally:
Hold current registration with either the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Have a practice supervisor and practice assessor who meets eligibility criteria for supervising non medical prescribing students and who has agreed to provide the required term of supervised practice.
Have an Honours degree or provide evidence via the Accreditation of Prior and Learning (APL) process of your ability to study at Honours level.
Provide evidence of an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check which has been deemed suitable by the organisation for your impending prescribing role. The DBS must have been undertaken within the last three years for NMC and HCPC registrants. The DBS check must be in place prior to starting the programme and so it is advised that you apply for your DBS before you make your University application.
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable. Read more about the University’s for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.
If you are registered with the NMC you must also:
Be a registered first level nurse, midwife and/or specialist community public health nurse.
Have at least one years’ experience as a practising nurse, midwife or specialist community public health nurse. The year immediately preceding application, you must have practiced in the clinical field in which you intend to prescribe. Part time workers must have practiced for a sufficient period to be deemed competent by their employer.
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