Nurse Prescribing in Cardiology

Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will include extended sessions focusing on developing your skills in nurse prescribing practice. The afternoon sessions will include case study presentations on nurse prescribing in rapid access chest pain clinics, heart failure, a nurse-led follow-up service for patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention, pre admission clinics for elective cardiology patients, nurse prescribing in the management of arrhythmias, prescribing medications in acute coronary syndromes and nurse prescribing in a cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programme. The conference will conclude with a session on pharmacist prescribing for medicines optimisation and medicines adherence within the healthcare pathway of patients with cardiovascular disease.