Specialist Certificate in Registered Nurse Prescribing
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Course code: SC-RNP
February, July
AUD $7,000 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
Access Melbourne is available
AUD $7,248 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 6.5: with no band less than 6.0
Course structure
Overview
This program is comprised of two units of study completed over one or two semesters.
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Students must successfully complete the following core subjects
| Accordion | |
|---|---|
| Prescribing for Practice · 12.5 pts |
This subject addresses the application of pharmacokinetics and dynamics to clinical practice and therapeutic planning across the life span. Students will be introduced to the regulation of medications and prescribing and the principles of quality use of medicines and medication safety. Students will develop their assessment and clinical decision-making skills to inform therapeutic management decisions within their scope of practice. This knowledge will be used to explore commonly used approaches to managing national health priority problems such as acute pain, mood disorders, cardiac, respiratory and metabolic diseases and infection and determine the role of the nurse prescriber. The aim is to prepare nurses for safe and effective delegated prescribing in accordance with jurisdictional legislative, professional regulation, workplace governance frameworks and professional and ethical standards. |
| Bioscientific Basis for Prescribing · 12.5 pts |
This is a core subject in the Specialist Certificate in Registered Nurse Prescribing which will outline the core bioscientific concepts to support safe and effective prescribing. Students will develop foundational knowledge in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutics to underpin their prescribing decisions. To support students to analyse the effects of commonly used medications, students will also revise core biochemical, physiological and pathophysiological concepts. This knowledge will be applied to understand the action of medications used to manage national health priority problems such as; pain, mood disorders, cardiac, respiratory, and metabolic conditions and infection. |