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This important national conference provides an essential update for nurse/non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health in primary and community care. Elevate your practice, expand your knowledge, and enhance your impact on the well-being of our youngest patients.
Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence. The conference will look at current issues and challenges for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health. The conference will include an extended session focusing on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence using the National Framework for Prescribing, developing confidence in prescribing practice and maintaining safety. Practical interactive sessions will focus on non medical prescribing for pain, improving primary care prescribing safety, and include case studies in common prescribing areas. The conference will close with a session focusing complex prescribing including mental health, end of life care and managing co-morbidities including obesity, and evaluating your prescribing practice.
"Prescribing for children and young people highlights many complex issues that may not be relevant in other fields of non-medical prescribing. Ongoing changes to legislation pose challenges, requiring paediatric non-medical prescribers to be vigilant in their daily prescribing practice…There should be a focus on the education of future paediatric NMPs and regular CPD for qualified paediatric NMPs…Paediatric prescribing is challenging, and some aspects have been considered here that are not relevant to generic prescribers, which need to be considered closely to provide safe and efficient prescribing practice. "
Prof Kate Davies Associate Professor, Associate Professor in Non Medical Prescribing and Paediatric Endocrinology, Deputy Course Director in Non Medical Prescribing, London South Bank University The Journal of Prescribing Practice December 2023
“Guidelines for non medical prescribing are ever changing, and those of us working within child health need to maintain an awareness of not just generic guidelines, but those that are also relevant to neonates, children and young people... It is imperative that a paediatric non medical prescriber is aware of their scope of practice”
Prof Kate Davies Associate Professor, Associate Professor in Non Medical Prescribing and Paediatric Endocrinology, Deputy Course Director in Non Medical Prescribing, London South Bank University, February 2024
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improving nurse/non medical prescribing in paediatrics and child health in a primary/community care setting
Learn from outstanding practice in ensuring patient safety in paediatric prescribing
Stay ahead of the curve with updates on the latest trends, research, and best practices in non-medical prescribing for paediatric populations
Reflect on pain management in children and some of its many facets through case study presentations
Learn how to use revised National Prescribing Competency Framework
Understand how to effectively develop, demonstrate and maintain continued competence in Prescribing for Children
Develop your skills in advanced practice
Improve safety in primary care prescribing and reflect on case studies from common prescribing areas
Explore best practice with examples from Children with Complex and Chronic Health Needs
Reflect on lessons from experts in nurse/non medical prescribing for specific case study areas with in depth interactive sessions
Develop your role and confidence as a nurse/non medical prescriber
Understanding issues around medicines not specifically licenced for paediatric use
Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in prescribing practice whilst understanding your limits of 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
