PGDip Primary and Community Care SPQ Community Children's Nursing at University of Surrey

On this course, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to become an exceptional and compassionate community children’s nurse. You’ll work at an advanced level to deliver, lead and influence care for the benefit of babies, children, young people and their families, and the community you serve.

Department: School of Health Sciences  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

On our Community Children's Nursing PGDip course, you’ll study a comprehensive curriculum, which covers a wide range of topics relevant to community and children’s nursing practice. We will teach you how to deliver high-quality evidence-based care to babies, children and young people in the home environment and support carers, families and communities everywhere. You will acquire the specialist knowledge, skills and attributes needed to work as a nurse in the community, where more autonomous decision-making is required. Core modules include Introduction to Public Health, Advancing Practice in Long Term Conditions, Patient Safety, Quality and Risk, Research Design and Methodology, Effective Leadership in Professional Practice, Advanced Medicines Management, Holistic Pain Management, Application of Decision Making.

Career pathways

On completion of this course, you will gain the NMC recordable qualification of Community Nursing SPQ Community Children’s Nursing. You will also be eligible to apply to our Specialist Practice Nursing (Top Up) MSc programme for up to five years after graduating.

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