Prescribing for Nurses: Independent and Supplementary (V300) (Level 7)

On the course, you'll build your legal, ethical, professional, pharmacology and therapeutics knowledge. You'll develop a thorough understanding of the scope of your practice and gain the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) competencies needed to ensure safe prescribing practices.

When you complete the course successfully, you'll have the skills to undertake consultations with patients and prescribe safely in complex situations using the RPS Compentency Framework. You'll also be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as an independent/supplementary nurse prescriber.

Please note 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.

This course has been approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), meaning the course meets the standards of education, training, conduct and performance required for nurses in the UK.

• For registered first level nurses with a 2:1 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.