Non-Medical Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives, PGCert
Swansea UniversityCarmarthen (Nursing), United Kingdom
Course overview
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to prescribe safely and appropriately within your area of practice with our PGCert Non-Medical Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives. This one-year course will equip you with the competency to practise within current legislation as an independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber.
Key highlights
- Develops knowledge and skills to prescribe safely within your practice area
- Prepares you to practise as an independent or supplementary prescriber
- Covers prescribing within current legislation
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2:2. • Be a registered nurse (level 1), a registered midwife or a SCPHN • The practice area must have the necessary governance structures in place (including clinical support, access to protected learning time and employ…
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Nurse independent prescriber
- Midwife prescriber
- Advanced nurse practitioner
- Specialist community public health nurse prescriber
- Clinical nurse specialist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,750 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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