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This module is for the nurses and non-medical professionals who require prescribing as part of their extended roles. It is particularly attractive to practitioners working in specialist and/or Enhance Clinical Practice (ECP)/ Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP), or those aspiring to become ACPs as it is aligned with relevant professional; statutory regulatory bodies (PSRB) and the Health Education England (HEE) Advanced Clinical Practice framework. This module will enhance the skills, knowledge and attitudes to deliver holistic patient centred care within their scope of practice. – (RPS Competency Framework 2021) .

It will empower practitioners with professional autonomy and accountability as they gain confidence in patient assessment, pharmacology and principles of prescribing. The module will cover:

• Principles of consultation and decision making and therapy including referral
• The psychology of prescribing and influencing factors
• Prescribing in a team context
• General principles and application of pharmacokinetics, pharmacology and therapeutics
• Interpretation of laboratory investigations in relation to prescribing
• Principles and methods of patient monitoring
• Evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to supplementary prescribing
• Principles of law, accountability and ethics of prescribing relevant to specific professionals
• Prescribing in the public health, primary and secondary care/acute/tertiary and out of hospital care contexts, and local and national policy
• Organisational leadership in relation to prescribing
• Continuing professional development
• Application of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics within patients' specific contexts and clinical specialities; for example, for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, the mechanisms and management of drug action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, side effects and their management including anaphylaxis management, administration, monitoring, therapeutic ranges, metabolism and excretion, overdose re. sedatives, analgesics, cardiovascular drugs – including antiarrhythmics and vasoactive drugs, drugs acting on the respiratory system, drugs acting on the kidney, anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants, therapeutic use of hormones, including insulin, steroids, thyroxine, and drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract
• Application of the clinical assessment and evidence-based decision making in relation to prescribing practice within their own professional context
• Effective attributes and behaviours, adopting a shared approach to decision making when working with patients and carers and the multi-disciplinary team
• Record keeping (patient records, critical incidents, and yellow flags) governance and accountability in relation to prescribing within the professional scope of practice
• Patient monitoringÌýand review
• Reflective practice, feedback, and sharing of learning