Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting/School Nursing)

The programme begins in mid-September. Assessment is predominantly by coursework but at least one module is assessed by examination. Most modules have a single assessment.

• Delivering the Healthy Child Programme
• Evidence Based Practice
• Child Protection: Assessment and Intervention
• Prescribing from the Community Nursing Formulary
• Leadership skills for Public Health Nursing
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment
• SCPHN Professional Portfolio
• Public Health Nursing Practice Portfolio

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 120 credits per year. This course begins in mid-September.

Assessment

Fifty per cent of the programme is undertaken in practice and students’ achievement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency is assessed during this element by a practice teacher. Fifty per cent of the programme is undertaken in theory, here students are assessed through coursework such as; essays, portfolios and dissertations, along with an unseen written examination.

The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if the course modules change.