Course description
Community Practitioner Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives (V150) - Level 7 - AC7067
Successful completion of all components of this module will lead to the achievement of a recordable prescribing qualification of Community Practitioner Prescriber with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This will permit you to prescribe from the Community Practitioner Formulary within your healthcare role where your employer/organisation supports this.
To apply please make a note of the module start month, click on book now and choose the application for the correct starting month. Once your application is complete we will contact you in order to confirm whether or not you have been allocated a place.
In order to assist you in completing your application we have attached guidance notes. Please refer to these while completing your application. Please also click on the 'Pre Course Information' link below to read essential information prior to completing your application form
As part of your application you will need to upload a copy of your completed Prescribing Authorisations form. If you do not attach your approval form to your application or it is incomplete this will delay your application and may impact you being offered a place on the module. Instructions on how to do this are in the guidance notes.
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Entry Requirements
You must:
- Be either a Registered nurse (level 1) / registered midwife / SCPHN
- Have a current NMC registration
- Have the competence, experience and academic ability to study at least degree level and can provide evidence of this
- Be competent to undertake a history, clinical/health assessment and make a diagnosis in the area of practice relating to where you intend to prescribe
- Have approved funding arrangements in place (see module application webpage for more details) or state self funding
- Have in place (or will have in place), an appropriate indemnity arrangement for their prospective role as a prescriber
- Have a clinical placement (e.g. work within a community role, ward, GP surgery) with an educational audit in place
- Have support from a manager, employing organisation or other appropriate authority and supply their name and contact details
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development.
- Assurance from their manager that they have a current Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) enhanced certificate in place
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Award Type: External PSRB approval NMC
By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Appraise and interpret the legal, ethical and professional frameworks for accountability and responsibility for prescribing within your own sphere of practice
- Evaluate evidence to support your prescribing decisions
- Summarise your knowledge and understanding of products used within your sphere of practice
- Demonstrate professional skills in consultation, decision making and prescribing safely and effectively
- Employ partnership approaches with patients/carers to monitor and review treatment, manage/report adverse drug reactions
- Critique your prescribing practice and support others to prescribe safely and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team