Community Nurse Prescribers CPD Workshop

Learning Beyond Registration

Learning Beyond Registration (LBR) is a vital part of developing competent, capable health service practitioners prepared to deliver a dynamic, flexible, quality, client-focused service. If you're employed by the NHS in the East Midlands then you may be eligible for fee-free access to our LBR modules and/or programmes. You'll need to supply evidence of approval from your line manager and Trust Education Lead when you apply.

Find out more about LBR at Find out more at www.derby.ac.uk/lbr.

Continuing Professional Development

CPD is a core element of every health and social care professional's development journey. We have CPD modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels (levels 6 and 7), which have all been tailored to meet the needs of practitioners and managers working within the health and social care sectors. We have modules to suit nurses, occupational therapists, hand therapists, radiographers, psychotherapists, and those working within complementary therapies.

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Start date: 28 November or 4 December 2012, 9.30am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 5.00pm for both days.

Learning outcomes

If you’re a health visitor or school nurse practitioner, this free one day CPD programme will provide you with the skills for prescribing for children and adolescents.

The day will be split into two half days and will include multiple workshops which cover the following areas:

Morning session

  • Consultation skills and prescribing enablers / disablers
  • Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics in the 0-19 age group
  • Medicines management and adverse drug reactions

Afternoon session

  • Prescribing guidance for common areas of concern such as worms and head lice
  • Over the counter medications
  • Contraception
  • Pregnancy.

We are offering this workshop on a choice of two days.

Book your place.

Fees and finance

This programme is free to all attendees

Studying via LBR

If you're employed by the NHS in the East Midlands you may be eligible for fee-free access to out LBR modules. You'll need to supply evidence of approval from your line manager and Trust Education Lead when you apply. Find out more at www.derby.ac.uk/lbr

Self-funded CPD

If you're self-funding, then the team you need to contact depends upon how you wish to study. Some modules are available online whereas others are studied on campus, through distance learning or a mixture of the two.

Where will I study?

Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

Contact details

Find out more about this workshop at www.derby.ac.uk/health-workshops

Book your place by contacting Carol Otter on 01332 593022 or email c.otter@derby.ac.uk

To find out more about studying this module through the LBR scheme, please contact the LBR team:

T: 0800 678 3311
E: lbr@derby.ac.uk.

For online queries please contact our dedicated online team:

T: +44 (0)1332 593701
E: onlinelearning@derby.ac.uk

For campus, blended or distance learning modules please contact the Faculty team:

T: +44 (0)1332 591703
E: fehs@derby.ac.uk