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

This Advanced Practice master's is intended for experienced nurses who wish to gain entry to part three of the NMC nursing register as a health visitor or school nurse. Core modules include public health leadership, evidence-based practice and healthcare research and child protection.

KEY BENEFITS

• Central location allows access to world leading clinical and academic resources.
• Access to extracurricular seminars and lectures given by leaders in healthcare from around the world.
• A multi-faculty environment drawing on clinical and academic expertise from a number of world leading schools and hospitals providing an unparalleled inter-professional learning experience.
  
  

PURPOSEThese pathways are designed to furnish qualified nurses with the evidence to demonstrate eligibility to register their specialist practitioner status with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). They may also suit registered practitioners who are supporting autonomous practice, supporting educational and practice development or exercising clinical leadership and who seek further educational opportunities to further this.

DESCRIPTIONYou will undertake core modules in leadership in public health, evidence-based practice, healthcare research, child protection, specialist practice and for health visiting students, nurse prescribing. School nursing students may choose a clinically focussed option after discussion with the pathway leader. Students progressing to the MSc undertake a substantial project relevant to their own area of practice.

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