Module Descriptors
INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY NURSE PRESCRIBING
NURS60309
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 50%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 40%
- CLINICAL PRACTICE weighted at 0%
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 10%
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 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 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 Additional Assessment Details
Formative feedback: PBL presentation, seminar presenation, tutorials
Summative
a) Personal portfolio of prescribing development; word limit 5000: module mark weighting 50%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 1,6,8,9,10,11
b) Written examinations. Unseen paper, 2 hours inclusive of reading time; module mark weighting 40%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2,3,4,5,7.
c) Production of clinical management plan with rationale. Word limit 1500; fulfilment of learning outcomes 3,4. Module mark weighting 10%
d) Completion of period of clinical prescribing preparation with assessment in prescribing competencies identified within the clinical prescribing preparation handbook; module mark weighting pass/fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2,3,4,5,7,8,10,11.
Summative
a) Personal portfolio of prescribing development; word limit 5000: module mark weighting 50%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 1,6,8,9,10,11
b) Written examinations. Unseen paper, 2 hours inclusive of reading time; module mark weighting 40%; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2,3,4,5,7.
c) Production of clinical management plan with rationale. Word limit 1500; fulfilment of learning outcomes 3,4. Module mark weighting 10%
d) Completion of period of clinical prescribing preparation with assessment in prescribing competencies identified within the clinical prescribing preparation handbook; module mark weighting pass/fail; fulfilment of learning outcomes 2,3,4,5,7,8,10,11.