Oxford Brookes University · Distance learning (part-time)
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing)
Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist…
Postgraduate1 yearDistance learning (part-time)
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Midwifery, Community, and Public Health · Subjects allied to medicine
Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting or School Nursing) programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist knowledge, professional identity, required skills, and competence as a specialist public health nurse. The programme will explore fundamental community public health practice in relation to the role of the contemporary health visitor/school nurse to support the development of a resilient and competent practitioner in knowledge, skills, and future leadership. This programme is mapped to contemporary high-impact areas in public health affecting children and young people; the programme is considerate of 0-19 service delivery models in the joint teaching of health visiting and school nursing students for many aspects of university education, but with distinct fields of practice teaching and placement experiences. On successfully completing this course, you are eligible for registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): - on the third part of the register (specialist community public health nursing) - and as able to prescribe from the community practitioners formulary (V100).
Getting in
As the university states it
Specific entry requirements Demonstrate either: - achievement of an undergraduate degree or; - completion of a Diploma in Nursing, and completion of a recent level 6 module Registered with the NMC as a Nurse, or a Midwife. A Full UK driving licence is usually required to meet NHS Trust requirements (individual circumstances may be accommodated depending upon roles and responsibilities within supporting/sponsoring Trusts) Trust sponsorship/ or secured a sponsoring placement if self-funding via the Values Based Recruitment Process in place between the university and the NHS Trust A Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor as part of the sponsorship/ support for practice assessment.
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