Course description
Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) - Recognition of Prior Learning - Level 6
The prescribing qualification / authority of independent and supplementary prescribing relates to regulatory and legal permissions.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry Requirements
Nurses, who have undertaken the community practitioner nurse prescriber (V100/V150) within five years of the course start date, and are working as community practitioner nurse prescribers, are eligible to apply for entry to the Non Medical Prescribing programme but must meet the following criteria:
- Have current NMC, v100/v150 registration
- Have the competence, experience and academic ability to study at least degree level and can provide evidence of this
- Be able to provide evidence of a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) enhanced certificate; issued within 3 years of applying to the module
- 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 as a V300 prescriber
- 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. ward, GP surgery) with an educational audit in place or have completed the non medical prescribing ‘self-audit’ for practice learning prior to enrolment on the module
- 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
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Award Type: Credits NMC annotation on completion
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 the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic actions relating to 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 prescribing practice and support others to prescribe safely and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Training Course Content
The professional award of V300 and prescribing authority, independent and supplementary prescribing, is the same regardless of level of study. Completion at degree level provides an academic award of 20 degree (level 6 equivalent) credits and at masters of 20 masters (level 7 equivalent) credits. There are differences in the assessment of degree and masters level as detailed on page 8.
If you have any questions about level of study please contact one of the team
You will need to state your choice by selecting the correct level at application point. Please give careful consideration when choosing your level of study, degree or masters. You will not be able to change the level of study once the course has started.
The module (with RPL) includes two elements of assessment• 1) Achievement of Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) competencies in clinical practice with OSCE, CMP, service user feedback & personal reflection, 2) a written assignment to include an academic poster. Students must pass each of these four assessments to achieve the award. There is no compensation between assessments.
Successful completion of all components of this module will lead to the achievement of a recordable prescribing qualification (Independent and/or Supplementary Prescriber) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council