Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nursing) ft PGDip
Postgraduate
In High Wycombe
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
High wycombe
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Duration
1 Year
District nurses perform essential work, caring for housebound patients in their own homes and keeping them out of hospital for longer.
Approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this postgraduate diploma gives you the advanced grounding to specialise in this ever-changing and vitally-important area of nursing.
This specialist course will take you through key aspects of contemporary district nursing practice, from mental health across the lifespan and safeguarding to effective caseload management.
Developing strong leadership, critical thinking and research skills, you will also learn to take a more strategic view of the way healthcare is delivered in the community, drawing on the latest research, ideas and policy
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About this course
By the end of the course, you will have developed the higher level of skills and knowledge you need to become a leader in this specialist field of nursing. Your e-portfolio will provide evidence of this, to validate your learning with the NMC.
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.
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Subjects
- Mental Health
- Healthcare
- Healthcare Settings
- Healthcare Practice
- Healthcare Communications
- Mental capacity
- Mental Health Nurse
- Health
- Mental Health Treatment
- Health Practice
- Health Care
Course programme
Year 1 Modules
- Enhancing Specialist Community Practice (DN)
- Philosophical Enquiry in Practice
- Critical Perspectives in Managing Complex Health Needs in the Community Setting (optional)
- Leading Innovative Healthcare in the Community Setting (optional)
- Critical Issues in Mental Health Across the Lifespan (optional)
- Contemporary Issues in Community Palliative Care (optional)
- Nurse Prescribing or Post Graduate Certificate Non-Medical Prescribing
- Clinical Decision Making for Non-Medical Prescribing
- Applied Pharmacology for NonMedical Prescribing
Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nursing) ft PGDip