PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) at Swansea University

Programme overview

The PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) develops practitioners who work autonomously in community public health settings, focusing on the health and emotional needs of school-aged children and young people through prevention and early intervention. It is designed to meet NMC requirements and leads to the recordable qualification of Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing.

Department: School of Health and Social Care | Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 or 3 years part-time | Intake: October | Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules: Community Nursing & Public Health Fundamentals (20 credits); Contemporary Child and Young People's Health and Well-being in SCPHN School Nursing Practice (30); Leading and Advancing SCPHN Practice (30); Applying Evidence & Research to Transform Community and Public Health Practice (20); Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding in SCPHN Practice (20); and Extension of SCPHN Practice (zero credit). Learning is 50% theory at Singleton Park Campus and 50% practice placement.

Career pathways

Graduates gain the recordable qualification of Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing. An option exists to progress to part 2 and complete a 60-credit dissertation for an MSc in SCPHN practice, which requires additional funding.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must be a first-level nurse or midwife registered with the NMC with a UK Honours degree; hold a current enhanced DBS disclosure; have an appropriate Health Board host organisation and a suitable practice placement with a current educational audit and a Practice Assessor and Supervisor meeting NMC requirements; have a negotiated secondment; and have secured funding (HEIW-funded places apply only to nurses or midwives working for the NHS in Wales; others must evidence funding). Registration and practice must be maintained in line with The Code. Interviews take place in the summer and the course starts in October. Applications go directly to the Admissions Team.

Intake: October

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 or 3 years part-time

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