Prescribing for practice (NURS90166)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject addresses the application of pharmacokinetics and dynamics to clinical practice and therapeutic planning across the life span. Students will be introduced to the regulation of medications and prescribing and the principles of quality use of medicines and medication safety. Students will develop their assessment and clinical decision-making skills to inform therapeutic management decisions within their scope of practice. This knowledge will be used to explore commonly used approaches to managing national health priority problems such as acute pain, mood disorders, cardiac, respiratory and metabolic diseases and infection and determine the role of the nurse prescriber. The aim is to prepare nurses for safe and effective delegated prescribing in accordance with jurisdictional legislative, professional regulation, workplace governance frameworks and professional and ethical standards.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Define registered nurse scope of prescribing practice and describe the State and Federal legislation, professional regulation and standards of practice, appropriate workplace governance frameworks that support registered nurse prescribing.
- Conduct and interpret the findings of a health assessment to identify the person's health care needs and inform care planning.
- Collaborate effectively and respectfully with the person receiving care, their families and other health professionals to contribute to care planning and education.
- Identify and evaluate common approaches to therapeutic management for acute pain, mood disorders, cardiac, respiratory and metabolic disease and infection.
- Apply evidence and the principles of quality use of medicines to prescribing in accordance with jurisdictional legislation, regulation, standards of practice, workplace governance frameworks, ethical principles, scope of practice and competence.
Generic skills
- the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation
- critical thinking and analytical skills
- an openness to new ideas
- the ability to communicate scientific knowledge through oral, written and web-based media
- professional leadership skills
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Note: the following subject/s can also be taken concurrently (at the same time)
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90167 | Bioscientific Basis for Prescribing | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Patient/consumer assessment
| Between weeks 4 and 5 | 20% |
Written assignment - practice project
| Between weeks 8 and 9 | 40% |
Prescribing simulation
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dianne Crellin Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Workshops: 16 hours (6 workshops scheduled across the semester) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025 Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025 Census date 1 September 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2025 Assessment period ends 21 November 2025 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
154 hours will be devoted to: - Self-directed learning - Subject assessments 170 hours
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Specialist Certificate in Registered Nurse Prescribing
Last updated: 4 March 2025