This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers in paediatrics and child health.
Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, meeting the NMC revalidation requirements for prescribing and medicines management, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will look at current issues and challenges for nurse prescribers in paediatrics and child health. The conference will include an extended session focusing on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence. Afternoon sessions will focus on case studies on nurse prescribing for pain, and case studies in clinics, the Paediatric Emergency Department and in hospices. The final sessions will look at improving safety in prescribing practice and legal issues and updates for nurse prescribers in paediatrics and child health. All participants will receive a CPD certificate of attendance.