PGDip Specialist Practitioner Qualification (Community Children's Nursing) pt

Postgraduate

In High Wycombe

£ 4,375 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    2 Years

Community children’s nurses provide a vital role assessing, and reacting to, the health needs of children in the community – including those with very complex needs.

Approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this postgraduate diploma gives you the in-depth grounding to take your career forward in this dynamic area of nursing.

You can also top up to a full master’s , either straight away or later.Community children’s nursing is rewarding and challenging work that requires different skills and knowledge to those needed in a hospital. Studying at specialist practitioner level will hone your critical thinking and leadership capabilities, so that you become highly skilled at caring for children in their own homes, and leading large teams of nurses in this area of practice.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

As a graduate of this course, you will be well equipped to advance your career as a team leader in community children’s nursing. Your specialist skills and knowledge will also be sought after in areas such as managing community services, other management roles and teaching.

This course is for qualified nurses with a degree. You will be sponsored by a health organisation or trust and achieve a postgraduate diploma, while gaining advanced skills and knowledge in an area of community nursing you want to specialise in.

You need to be registered as a level 1 nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register.

You also need to be working in UK clinical practice, so this course is just available to UK students.

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Course programme

Course Modules

Year 1 Modules
  • Enhancing Specialist Community Practice (CCN)
  • Critical Perspectives in Managing Complex Health Needs in the Community Setting (optional)
  • Critical Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Development (optional)
  • Contemporary Issues in Community Palliative Care (optional)
  • Critical Aspects of Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adolescents (optional)
  • Clinical Decision Making for Non-Medical Prescribing
Year 2 Modules
  • Philosophical Enquiry in Practice
  • Leading Innovative Healthcare in the Community Setting (optional)
  • Critical Issues in Mental Health Across the Lifespan (optional)
  • Nurse Prescribing or Post Graduate Certificate Non-Medical Prescribing
  • Applied Pharmacology for Non-Medical Prescribing

PGDip Specialist Practitioner Qualification (Community Children's Nursing) pt

£ 4,375 VAT inc.