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- Course delivery: This course is delivered in video format
Course details
The Nurse Prescribing course is ideal for those who are working in nursing who wish to gain an understanding of nurse prescribing procedures or how to work with a prescriber. This Nurse Prescribing course also applies to pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who want to learn about independent prescribing. You will gain in-depth knowledge of prescription writing, record-keeping, labeling, administering controlled drugs, as well as how to provide palliative care and manage medicines in care homes.Key Topics to Be Covered
- Responsibilities of prescribers
- Prescription writing requirements
- Medicine labeling guidelines
- Communication & record-keeping
- Administering controlled drugs
- Introduction to Nurse Prescribing
- Responsibilities of Nurse Prescribing
- Standards for Prescribing Practice
- Prescribing Controlled Drugs
- Neuropathic Pain in Adults Pharmacological Management
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adult
- Tackling Panic Disorder in Adults
- Headaches in Over 12s Diagnosis and Management
- Depression in Adults with a Chronic Physical Health Problem
- Palliative Care for Adults
- Respiratory Tract Infections (Self-Limiting) Prescribing Antibiotics
- Prescribing and Managing Medicines in Care Homes
- Pneumonia (Hospital – Acquired) Antimicrobial Prescribing
- Prostatitis (Acute) Antimicrobial Prescribing
- Sinusitis (Acute) Antimicrobial Prescribing
- Drug Misuse in Over 16s Opioid Detoxification
- Future Challenges for Nurse Prescribers
- Excellent knowledge of nurse prescribing skills & responsibilities
- An understanding of the requirements for writing prescriptions
- An awareness of medication labeling guidelines in the UK
- Knowledge of standards for record-keeping and administering
- An ability to provide information to carers and patients
- Gain the skills to care for people with anxiety, panic disorders, and a range of mental health and physical illnesses
Skills You Will Gain
- Writing prescriptions and administering medicine
- Patient care
- Communication
- Attention to detail
Is This Nurse Prescribing Course Right for You?
This nurse prescribing course is ideal for aspiring nurses and nurse prescribers but is also ideal for pharmacists and those in other related professions where medicine is administered and prescribed. There are no specific entry requirements for this nurse prescribing course, which can be studied on a full-time or part-time basis.
Assessment Process
Once you have finished the learning stages in the nurse prescribing course, your abilities will be assessed by an automated multiple-choice question session, after which you will receive the results immediately. Updated on 02 August, 2023
Eligibility / Requirements
The Nurse Prescribing course is open to all students and has no formal entry requirements. To study this nurse prescribing course, all you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of English. You must also be over the age of 16.
Job roles this course is suitable for:
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