On Friday next, September 9th, UCC’s Departments of Nursing, Pharmacy and Medicine, College of Medicine & Health will host an interdisciplinary conference on nurse and midwife prescribing. The conference will be opened by Mr Seán Sherlock, Minister for Research and Innovation in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC at 9.30am.

Speakers at the conference include:
Dr Sinead O’Brien, Consultant Psychiatrist who will deliver her presentation on Assessment of comorbid depression
Professor Matt Griffiths , Independent Consultant Nurse Prescriber and National advisor on prescriptive authority UK. Presentation- Advancement of Nurse prescribing in Practice. Presentation will address clinical practice and moving nurse prescribing forward in Ireland
Ms Kathleen Walsh , Professional Officer Standards of Practice and Guidance, An Bord Altranais.  Presentation – Changes to the nurse prescribing standards and the collaborative practice agreement.
Ms Rena Creedon, Nurse Prescribing Programme Coordinator, UCC. Presentation – Results of a survey conducted with nurse prescribers.

Ms Rena Creedon, Nurse Prescribing Programme Coordinator said the conference will look at how the role of nurse prescribing has advanced to date.  She explained: “Nurse prescribing is a significant change to the nursing role because it substantially expands the core function of nurses and, as a result, considerably extends the horizons for the future of the nursing profession in Ireland. Nurse prescribing is in its infancy in Ireland, however, professional boundaries are already being redefined with nursing roles having an ever increasing responsibility.”

The programme at UCC is multidisciplinary and course content is delivered by the Department of Nursing, Pharmacy and Medicine.

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