Module Descriptors
INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY NURSE PRESCRIBING
NURS60199
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Sarah Woolley
Email: S.A.Woolley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 140
Independent Study Hours: 160
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 55%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 15%
- EXAMINATION - SEEN EXAMINATION IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS - TOPICS PROVIDED weighted at 30%
- OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION weighted at 0%
- CLINICAL PRACTICE weighted at 0%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
Policies and procedures of independent & supplementary nurse prescribing. Construction of clinical management plans. Consultation, decision making, therapy and referral. Influences on and psychology of prescribing. Prescribing in a team context. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, and 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. Drug licensing, monitoring procedures and reporting of adverse drug reactions. Cost effective prescribing. Record Keeping.
Module Learning Strategies
Student centred learning
Key lectures, use of specialist speakers 60%. problem based learning 20%, student seminars, discussion and debate 10%, reflection on practice and portfolio development 10%
Facilitated clinical prescribing preparation with recognised/appropriate prescriber (90 hours)
Key lectures, use of specialist speakers 60%. problem based learning 20%, student seminars, discussion and debate 10%, reflection on practice and portfolio development 10%
Facilitated clinical prescribing preparation with recognised/appropriate prescriber (90 hours)
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Be registered with the NMC on part 1,3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Have appropriate experience in the area of practice in which he/she will be prescribing.
Produce evidence of capability to study at Honours Level (InCCA level 6).
Support from a recognised employing organisation in writing with access to a designated recognised/appropriate prescriber (medical practitioner) who will provide the student with facilitation, support, opportunities to develop and assess prescribing competence in practice. (A recognised employing organisation refers to NHS organisations and those specifically identified by the NHS).
Have appropriate experience in the area of practice in which he/she will be prescribing.
Produce evidence of capability to study at Honours Level (InCCA level 6).
Support from a recognised employing organisation in writing with access to a designated recognised/appropriate prescriber (medical practitioner) who will provide the student with facilitation, support, opportunities to develop and assess prescribing competence in practice. (A recognised employing organisation refers to NHS organisations and those specifically identified by the NHS).
Module Texts
Courtenay,M. Butler,M. (2002), Essential Nurse Prescribing, London, Greenwich Medical Media Limited (ISBN 1 84110 108 7).
Humphries,J.L. Green,J. (2002), Nurse Prescribing, 2nd edition, Basingstoke, Palgrave (ISBN 0 333 93092 4).
Humphries,J.L. Green,J. (2002), Nurse Prescribing, 2nd edition, Basingstoke, Palgrave (ISBN 0 333 93092 4).
Module Resources
Access to a period of 90 hours facilitated clinical prescribing preparation with recognised/appropriate prescriber.
Access to clinical skills laboratory.
Specialist visiting lecturers.
Libraries- CD ROM, Internet.
Computer facilities, videos, text books, professional journals.
Health service documentation and reports.
Access to clinical skills laboratory.
Specialist visiting lecturers.
Libraries- CD ROM, Internet.
Computer facilities, videos, text books, professional journals.
Health service documentation and reports.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Formative feedback: PBL presentation, seminar presenation, tutorials
Summative
a) Personal portfolio of prescribing development (code: po1; word limit 5000; weighting 55%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 1,4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10).
b) Written examination (part 1: unseen short answer; code ex1; 1 hour inclusive of reading time; weighting 15%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 4, 7).
c) Written examination (part 2: seen stem extended answer; code ex5; 2 hours inclusive of reading time; weighting 30%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 8, 9).
d) Completion of period of clinical prescribing preparation with assessment in prescribing competencies identified within assessment of clinical prescribing preparation handbook ( weighting pass/fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11).
e) OSCE's (weighting pass or fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 3,4,7,11).
Summative
a) Personal portfolio of prescribing development (code: po1; word limit 5000; weighting 55%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 1,4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10).
b) Written examination (part 1: unseen short answer; code ex1; 1 hour inclusive of reading time; weighting 15%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 4, 7).
c) Written examination (part 2: seen stem extended answer; code ex5; 2 hours inclusive of reading time; weighting 30%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 8, 9).
d) Completion of period of clinical prescribing preparation with assessment in prescribing competencies identified within assessment of clinical prescribing preparation handbook ( weighting pass/fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11).
e) OSCE's (weighting pass or fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 3,4,7,11).