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Location - Bolton, Greater Manchester
Nurses play a vital role in healthcare. This specialised professional development course in independent and supplementary prescribing is designed to support your progress in nursing or midwifery. It reflects the specific needs of nurses and employers and aims to educate students in prescribing practices that meet local or national guidelines.
Award:
AdvDip(CPD)
Mode of Study:
Part-time
Duration:
26 weeks
Location:
University of Bolton
Start date:
To be confirmed
Prescribing medicines is a key area of practice for many nurses and midwives looking to progress professionally and develop a broader skillset. The University of Bolton's Non-Medical Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives V300 professional development course covers all the relevant theoretical areas of independent and supplementary prescribing. You'll explore a wide range of subjects, including clinical pharmacology, the psychology of prescribing and professional accountability, and have the opportunity to complete practice-based learning under the supervision of your Practice Assessor.
Suitable for first-level nurses, midwives or health visitors on the Professional Register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, this course offers a comprehensive introduction to independent and supplementary prescribing, split across theoretical learning and practice.
When you have successfully completed the course, you'll possess an understanding of the legal and professional frameworks, enhanced pharmacological knowledge and the ability to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively for all age groups.
This course is validated and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
When you successfully complete the course, you'll be eligible to register your qualification as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber with the NMC.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
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We take a blended approach offering a combination of face-to-face and online activities, including lectures, workshops, tutorials, role-play, discussions, and e-learning via the virtual learning environment. In classroom sessions, you'll focus mainly on studying the theory of independent and supplementary prescribing.
To cover the fundamentals of practice, we'll expect you to complete 12 days of hands-on experience to develop and demonstrate competence in prescribing within your area of clinical practice. During the course, you'll have access to staff support and meetings with your Academic Assessor at least twice each trimester. However, you'll be primarily responsible for managing your learning and must commit to considerable independent study time.
During assessments, you'll need to demonstrate that you can prescribe medicines safely and effectively for patients within the current legal, ethical and professional frameworks relating to prescribing practice. You'll also need to demonstrate that you're competent to prescribe within the context of your clinical placement. We'll expect you to create a portfolio and reflective learning log relevant to your prescribing practice in your own clinical setting. You'll also sit several written examinations, and your Practice Assessor will assess your communication, consultation and clinical decision-making skills in practice.
Level | Assesment method |
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Level one | Coursework 50%, Written exams 50% |
Level | Learning activity |
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Level one | Guided independent study 25%, Placement/study abroad 50%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 25% |
Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
The academic staff detailed above teach across a range of courses in this subject area and may not teach on this course specifically.
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