Module code: PRE6002-B
A1 To prepare nurses to prescribe from the Community Nurse Prescribers Formulary, within current legal and professional guidelines.
A2 Enable experienced nurses to enhance their knowledge and gain critical awareness of contemporary issues in order to become safe, competent, effective and reflective prescribers.
Based on 8 broad areas, defined by the NMC as the necessary to develop the knowledge and skills needed to achieve competence as a prescriber.
Consultation, decision-making and therapy, including referral
Influences on, and psychology of, prescribing
Prescribing in a team context
Clinical pharmacology, including the effects of co-morbidity
Evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to nurse prescribing
Legal, policy and ethical aspects
Professional accountability and responsibility
Prescribing in the public health context