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This conference provides a Clinical Pharmacology Update for Nurse Prescribers with a focus on the practical application of pharmacology to prescribing decision making. The conference will provide a series of extended focus sessions combined with practical interactive exercises to develop competence and confidence in prescribing decision making, understanding drug interactions, dealing with comorbidity, and ensuring safety in prescribing by updating your knowledge on common drug interactions, high risk medications and high risk groups. Case studies will focus on managing co-morbidity, frailty in the older person, mental health medications, medications safety, polypharmacy and personalised prescribing.
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve Nurse Prescribing Practice
Update your clinical pharmacology knowledge and apply pharmacology to prescribing decision making
Ensure you are aware of common drug interactions, and implications for prescribing
Learn from experienced nurse prescribing to develop strategies for managing common and rare co-morbidites
Engage in interactive case study based discussions
Improve your knowledge of common drug interactions, and high risk medications and patient groups
Develop your skills and confidence in nurse prescribing
Explore the influence of lifestyle factors and alternative medicines on prescribing decision making
Understand how you can improve prescribing and safety in frail older people
Identify key strategies for managing patients on common mental health medications
Ensure you are up to date with the latest evidence based practice
Understand the developing role of Pharmacogenomics in Personalised Prescribing
Reflect on prescribing within your scope of practice and identifying red flags
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
