Graduate Certificate of Nursing RN Prescriber

Help shape the future of healthcare and advance your nursing career with UniSQ's Graduate Certificate of Nursing RN Prescriber. Designed for registered nurses, this postgraduate qualification will equip you with the advanced knowledge and skills needed to expand your scope of practice and deliver safe, evidence-based prescribing and enhanced patient care under the governance of a nurse practitioner or medical officer.

Be among the first to study this new graduate certificate when it launches 2027* and gain the knowledge and skills required to work towards endorsement as a Registered Nurse Prescriber.

What you'll study

Develop advanced expertise in pharmacology, medicines management, therapeutic decision-making and prescribing practice. You'll learn how to apply pharmacology and pharmacokinetics that will correlate with appropriate diagnostic and assessment data for critical analysis of a client's health status and enable advanced interprofessional practice with members of the wider health care team for safe medication administration and management with community.

Throughout your studies, you'll explore national health priorities, professional and ethical responsibilities, and the legislative frameworks that underpin prescribing practice. Graduating with the confidence to prescribe within your authorised scope of practice, you'll be prepared to contribute to improved healthcare access and outcomes across a range of settings.

Career outcomes

Nurse prescribing is transforming healthcare delivery across Australia, creating new opportunities for registered nurses to provide timely, accessible and patient-focused care.

As an endorsed Registered Nurse Prescriber, you could:

• Prescribe scheduled medicines within your authorised scope of practice and local credentialling pathways.
• Improve access to healthcare and essential medications, particularly in rural, regional and remote communities.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacists, nurse practitioners, doctors and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to support coordinated patient care.
• Contribute to key health priorities, including chronic disease management, mental health support and preventative healthcare.
• Progress into advanced practice, specialist nursing and leadership positions.

Professional accreditation

UniSQ is seeking accreditation for this degree with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) and approval by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).