Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor/School Nurse)

• Successful completion of the programme enables you to register on Part III of the NMC register and practise as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
• The course includes the Community Nurse Prescribing V100 programme (integrated in the Specialist Practice modules) which you will be able to record with the NMC.
• The degree prepares you for practice through learning and assessment in the practice context.
• Students who follow the post graduate routes may have the opportunity to return to complete a Masters degree on a part-time basis if they exited with and postgraduate certificate or complete a dissertation on a part-time basis and gain the Masters degree. This will develop your skills of evaluation, originality in thinking and research, so if you decide to study through to Masters level you’d be able to go on to undertake Doctoral level study.

• Family approaches to health for health visitors and school nurses (with integrated nurse prescribing)
• Individual approaches to health for health visitors and school nurses (including consolidated practice period)
• Population approaches to Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
• Leadership in Health Care Practice
• Process of Enquiry at Level 6/Research Methods at Level 7

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.