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PgDip Advanced Practice - Community Children’s Nursing at Robert Gordon University

Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

PgDip is an exit award within the Advanced Practice - Community Children’s Nursing course. If you are a registered nurse looking to develop a specialised, higher level of knowledge and skills required for specialist and advanced practice within community children nursing role then this course is for you. The PgDip/MSc Advanced Practice course will equip you with contemporary knowledge to take forward the rapidly changing healthcare agenda and make a positive difference when delivering family and child centred, high-quality care with children and young people in the community.

Faculty: School of Health  |  Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

In year one of study, you will be learning and exploring topics around Leading Innovation in Advancing Healthcare Practice. Within the Clinical Assessment and Examination for Advancing Community Children’s Nursing, and Advancing Practice in Community Children’s Nursing theory, you will be equipped with knowledge around assessment and examination for children within the context of a variety of community settings. In year two, students will explore concepts of Research and Evidence for Advancing Healthcare Practice.

Career pathways

The programme prepares students to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements of being annotated as a Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ) Community Children’s Nurse. This programme will prepare you for an advanced role in a range of healthcare settings.

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Entry requirements

The minimum entry requirement for this programme will normally be an honours degree or its equivalent. In addition, because of the practice-based nature of the programme, all students must be working in clinical practice or sponsored by a Health Board/appropriate employer and have access to a practice assessor/practice supervisor. Additional Requirements To enter this route, the student must be an NMC registered nurse (level 1) or NMC registered midwife capable of safe and effective practice at the level of proficiency appropriate to the NMC-approved Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN). Acceptance is based on having acceptable references from two sources and a satisfactory Protection of Vulnerable Groups. When a student is sponsored by an organisation this will be considered as the equivalent of one reference. All students will require the guarantee of being able to obtain the relevant practice experience in School Nursing with the relevant support of a Practice Supervisor(s) and a Practice Assessor. A self-declaration of good health and character will be undertaken as part of the admission process and will be repeated on practice learning experiences. Any self-funded applicant will be given the advice to contact a relevant practice learning partner to seek practice learning experience and contract. Applicants will be supported to meet the conditions required for undertaking practice learning experiences. All routes must meet the NMC English standard requirement

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