39 min
2.7 - Fiona Peniston-Bird - Non-Medical Prescribing & Competency frameworks - what's the point? The Aural Apothecary
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Fiona, a nurse and founder of nmprescribing which provides the opportunity for NMPs to continue to be safe and effective NMPs through access to Continued Professional Development.
Fiona has considerable expertise in all matters related to non-medical prescribing, having been an experienced nurse prescriber, and is now prescribing lead for nurses on the prescribing programme at Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich. She is also a member of the Nurse Prescribers Advisory Group for the British National Formulary.
We chat to Fiona about the evolution and role of non-medical prescribing and its place in care. We talk about competency frameworks, the celery of drugs and Steve and Fiona compare BNF collections!
Our micro discussion focuses on the competency framework for non-medical prescribing; https://www.rpharms.com/resources/frameworks/prescribers-competency-framework
Jamie reads from a letter - “Should Nurses Prescribe?”
https://bjgp.org/content/56/522/68
As with all our guests we ask Fiona to pick her ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has influenced her work. You will not be disappointed with the choices...
You can view the Aural Apothecary Library here; https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31270100-paul-gimson?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=the-aural-apothecary
You can listen to the Aural Apothecary playlist here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=tiHXrQI7QsGtSQwPyz1KBg
To get in touch follow us on Twitter @auralapothecary or email us at auralapothecarypod@gmail.com
Fiona, a nurse and founder of nmprescribing which provides the opportunity for NMPs to continue to be safe and effective NMPs through access to Continued Professional Development.
Fiona has considerable expertise in all matters related to non-medical prescribing, having been an experienced nurse prescriber, and is now prescribing lead for nurses on the prescribing programme at Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich. She is also a member of the Nurse Prescribers Advisory Group for the British National Formulary.
We chat to Fiona about the evolution and role of non-medical prescribing and its place in care. We talk about competency frameworks, the celery of drugs and Steve and Fiona compare BNF collections!
Our micro discussion focuses on the competency framework for non-medical prescribing; https://www.rpharms.com/resources/frameworks/prescribers-competency-framework
Jamie reads from a letter - “Should Nurses Prescribe?”
https://bjgp.org/content/56/522/68
As with all our guests we ask Fiona to pick her ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has influenced her work. You will not be disappointed with the choices...
You can view the Aural Apothecary Library here; https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31270100-paul-gimson?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=the-aural-apothecary
You can listen to the Aural Apothecary playlist here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=tiHXrQI7QsGtSQwPyz1KBg
To get in touch follow us on Twitter @auralapothecary or email us at auralapothecarypod@gmail.com
39 min