Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (MSc) ft

• Enhancing Specialist Community Public Health Practice
• Innovation and Philosophical Enquiry in Practice
• Critical Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Development
• Leading Innovative Healthcare in the Community Setting
• Critical Issues in Mental Health Across the Lifespan.
• Critical Aspects of Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adolescents
• Nurse Prescribing (V100)

This course covers all the areas needed to meet the NMC professional requirements for specialist community public health nurses, with a focus on either health visiting or school nursing.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the complexities of working in a community setting
• Better appreciate strategic influences on policy
• Take a critical approach to identifying the health needs of individuals, groups and populations in the community
• Consider aspects of safeguarding children, young people and their families. As you may be working with at risk or deprived groups, it is important you recognise when a child is at risk of harm and what action to take
• Develop leadership, innovation and management skills to be able to contribute to successful health outcomes for children
• Show you have the necessary skills for working in the community, so you can qualify for the third part of the NMC register.