How realistic is independent prescribing soon after NQ?
Hi all,
I'm a soon-to-be NQN and my passion lies in primary care and community nursing.
Under the new NMC standards, nurses qualifying under the new programmes are elgible to apply to study the standalone independent prescribing module (V300) with just one year post-reg experience.
My uni constantly state they expect us to be returning after one year qualified to do our V300 (friends at other unis say the same).
However how realistic is this?
I understand this may be more likely in areas such as GP or community rather than on an inpatient ward, but still the impression I get from experienced nurses on placement is that I'd be mad to consider it.
I'm a mature student with a science background and spent years in healthcare before training. But irrepective of this experience, I've still been told by mature nurses to wait 5 years etc.
Would love to hear the views of nurses/students here - especially if anyone has done this 1 year qualified?
I'm a soon-to-be NQN and my passion lies in primary care and community nursing.
Under the new NMC standards, nurses qualifying under the new programmes are elgible to apply to study the standalone independent prescribing module (V300) with just one year post-reg experience.
My uni constantly state they expect us to be returning after one year qualified to do our V300 (friends at other unis say the same).
However how realistic is this?
I understand this may be more likely in areas such as GP or community rather than on an inpatient ward, but still the impression I get from experienced nurses on placement is that I'd be mad to consider it.
I'm a mature student with a science background and spent years in healthcare before training. But irrepective of this experience, I've still been told by mature nurses to wait 5 years etc.
Would love to hear the views of nurses/students here - especially if anyone has done this 1 year qualified?
A quick search of various university sites seem to ask for between 1 and 2 years post reg experience. I think one year post reg is incredibly ambitious though.
IMO, the more experience you have the better before embarking on a course like this, as it helps to have a broad knowledge base gained through experience of encounering patients in your clinical area of practice to get through this course. The five years that you have already been told is reasonable.
It is worth also considering what direction you end up heading in career wise, the V300 is embedded as a module in quite a few post reg courses, in particular the advanced practice MSc for example. I also think prescribing in some format (may be the V100) is included in the DN specialist practitioner course. If you get into training posts for jobs like these, then the funds are usually covered.
IMO, the more experience you have the better before embarking on a course like this, as it helps to have a broad knowledge base gained through experience of encounering patients in your clinical area of practice to get through this course. The five years that you have already been told is reasonable.
It is worth also considering what direction you end up heading in career wise, the V300 is embedded as a module in quite a few post reg courses, in particular the advanced practice MSc for example. I also think prescribing in some format (may be the V100) is included in the DN specialist practitioner course. If you get into training posts for jobs like these, then the funds are usually covered.
Original post by moonkatt
A quick search of various university sites seem to ask for between 1 and 2 years post reg experience. I think one year post reg is incredibly ambitious though.
IMO, the more experience you have the better before embarking on a course like this, as it helps to have a broad knowledge base gained through experience of encounering patients in your clinical area of practice to get through this course. The five years that you have already been told is reasonable.
It is worth also considering what direction you end up heading in career wise, the V300 is embedded as a module in quite a few post reg courses, in particular the advanced practice MSc for example. I also think prescribing in some format (may be the V100) is included in the DN specialist practitioner course. If you get into training posts for jobs like these, then the funds are usually covered.
IMO, the more experience you have the better before embarking on a course like this, as it helps to have a broad knowledge base gained through experience of encounering patients in your clinical area of practice to get through this course. The five years that you have already been told is reasonable.
It is worth also considering what direction you end up heading in career wise, the V300 is embedded as a module in quite a few post reg courses, in particular the advanced practice MSc for example. I also think prescribing in some format (may be the V100) is included in the DN specialist practitioner course. If you get into training posts for jobs like these, then the funds are usually covered.
PRSOM
i agree entirely with Moonkatt on this
(edited 1 year ago)
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