Nursing & Midwifery - Medicinal Product Prescribing

Enhance the care you provide as you prepare to prescribe medicines within your scope of practice by undertaking this programme which leads to registration as a nurse/midwife prescriber.

To be eligible for the programme you must:

• Be registered as a nurse or midwife on the Active Register of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Currently be employed as a nurse or midwife.
• Have a minimum of three years post-registration clinical experience (within the past five years) with at least one year in the area in which prescribing is proposed.
• Have competencies recognised at Level 8 of the NQAI Framework.
• Demonstrate continuous professional development and the ability to study at Level 8.
• Have the support of your employer to undertake programme.
• Have the nomination and confirmation of a designated medical practitioner mentor. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) Learning occurs in many contexts, including work, involvement in social and community activities, and learning through life experience generally. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) does not give credit for experience as such, rather it considers learning that was acquired as a result of the experience. RPL may be used to gain admission to programmes where an applicant may not have obtained the standard entry requirements. This is considered on a case-by-case basis. Exemptions from programme modules that duplicate learning already demonstrably acquired through prior learning may also be considered on a case-by-case basis. For more information, please contact the School of Nursing and Midwifery: Tel: +353 1 402 2445 Email: nursing@rcsi.ie English language requirement exceptions English language requirements are published at: https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/postgraduate/policies-and-guidelines/english-language-requirements If you have completed undergraduate/postgraduate full-time studies in the medium of the English language (three or more years cumulatively), or if you are registered with the NMBI, you are exempt from these requirements.