Prescribing for Nurses: Independent and Supplementary (V300) (Level 7)
Entry requirements
For registered first level nurses with an upper second-class honours degree or higher and who are experienced practitioners. Applicants are required to be professionally practising in an environment where there is an identified need to regularly prescribe, and be able to demonstrate support from their employer/sponsor, line manager, non-medical prescribing lead and requires written support practice supervisor and assessor to mentor and support them throughout the course. Applicants to the programme are required to complete documentation to demonstrate they meet the entry requirements of the module. Applications will only be considered if all required documents are submitted, completed in full and submitted with the required signatures. All offers are subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0, with a minimum score of 7.0 in Reading, Listening and Speaking components, and 6.5 in the Writing component.
Months of entry
September
Course content
Are you an experienced practising nurse looking to improve the care you provide for your patients, and qualify as an independent and supplementary nurse prescriber? If so, this V300 Nurse Prescribing course is ideal.
On the course, you'll develop your legal, ethical, professional, pharmacology and therapeutics knowledge. You'll get a thorough understanding of the scope of your practice and develop the skills to safely prescribe to your patients.
When you complete the course successfully, you'll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as an independent/supplementary nurse prescriber.
On this independent and supplementary V300 nurse prescribing course, you'll:
- Learn the skills and knowledge you need to qualify as an independent and supplementary prescriber within a clinical setting
- Earn 30 credits you can put towards other qualifications
- Build your practice in our clinical skills suite with our human patient simulators and our Anatomage virtual dissection table
- Develop your legal, ethical and professional knowledge and skills on topics relevant to pharmacology and therapeutics
- Build your understanding of evidence-based practice
- Learn from experts in the University's School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Health and Care Professions
- Get support from experienced clinical supervisors in practice
- Start in September and study for 8 months
- Commit to 26 days of study, spending 9 days at the University
- Complete 12 sessions of supervised practice
When you complete this independent and supplementary V300 nurse prescribing course, you'll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber.
Once registered, you'll be able to prescribe independently and in supplementary partnership with a medical or dental prescriber and the patient.
If you don't register your prescribing award within 5 years of completing the course, you'll need to complete the course again before you can register as a prescriber.
What can you do with a nurse prescribing award?
Previous students have worked in areas such as:
- mental health
- rheumatology
- minor ailments
- pain management
- nutrition
- travel medicine
- critical care
- cardiology
- renal disease
- HIV medicine
- primary care
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- No qualification
- full time8 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Admissions
- admissions@port.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)23 9284 5566