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Academy for Health & Fitness Nurse Prescribing Diploma Academy for Health & Fitness
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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
Nurse Prescribing Diploma Course Curriculum
  1. Introduction to Nurse Prescribing
  2. Responsibilities of Nurse Prescribing
  3. Standards for Prescribing Practice
  4. Prescribing Controlled Drugs
  5. Neuropathic Pain in Adults Pharmacological Management
  6. Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adult
  7. Tackling Panic Disorder in Adults
  8. Headaches in Over 12s Diagnosis and Management
  9. Depression in Adults with a Chronic Physical Health Problem
  10. Palliative Care for Adults
  11. Respiratory Tract Infections (Self-Limiting) Prescribing Antibiotics
  12. Prescribing and Managing Medicines in Care Homes
  13. Pneumonia (Hospital – Acquired) Antimicrobial Prescribing
  14. Prostatitis (Acute) Antimicrobial Prescribing
  15. Sinusitis (Acute) Antimicrobial Prescribing
  16. Drug Misuse in Over 16s Opioid Detoxification
  17. Future Challenges for Nurse Prescribers 
Learning Outcomes
  • 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 17 December, 2024

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.

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