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Sheffield Hallam University: Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing)
| Institution | Sheffield Hallam University |
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| Department | College of Health Wellbeing and Life Sciences |
| Web | http://www.shu.ac.uk |
| Telephone | (+44) 0114 225 5533 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.
Course summary
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Attain a recorded professional award as a specialist practitioner of health visiting or student nursing.
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Undertake assessments to have your qualification recorded with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Identify and meet the needs of children and families as a health visitor or student nurse.
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Build on your existing knowledge as a registered professional nurse.
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Learn practical and theoretical skills to excel as a valuable and respected community health specialist.
This course is aimed at post-registration nurses or midwives who wish to become specialist practitioners. You'll develop your professional nursing practice and become a registered health visitor or student nurse.
How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
In this course, you'll study to attain valuable credentials as a specialist practitioner, either as a health visitor or student nurse. You can also complete the assessments for the prescribing from the community practitioner formulary to become a nurse prescriber. The course is 50% practice and 50% theory. You'll work under the close supervision of the SCPHN teaching team in each instance, who utilise dynamic approaches to teaching practice.
You learn through
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lectures, seminars and workshops
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simulated role plays
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case studies
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client stories
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conducting real consultations under exam conditions
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producing written records of consultations
You have the option to study individual modules from this course and gain academic credit towards a qualification. Visit our continuing professional development website for more information (https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/options/health-and-social-care/short-courses-and-modules).
Applied learning
Work placements
When it comes to putting what you have learnt into practice, you benefit from strong partnerships with health, education and local authority organisations in the region. The modern and diverse placements you undertake are designed to meet the changing needs of children, young people and families. Placements may be with social services, education or voluntary sector organisations.
Live projects
You'll undertake a community development project which involves meeting the identified health needs of a population. This shows the close integration of practice with public health theory.
Networking opportunities
Service users, nurses, students and lecturers all contribute to on-going development of this course and the student experience. These industry and community links, as well as your placements and projects, offer ample opportunity for networking.
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | You will normally have: 120 credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting), current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements. Please note in order to be eligible for this course you need funding arrangements in place via sponsorship with an NHS employer with a minimum of 1 year contract. if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course. Please note this is a requirement to apply for the course and is different from tuition fees explained under section 7. You will also need to have opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher, and an ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme. |
| Location | Collegiate Crescent Campus Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BP |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have: 120 credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting), current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements. Please note in order to be eligible for this course you need funding arrangements in place via sponsorship with an NHS employer with a minimum of 1 year contract. if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course. Please note this is a requirement to apply for the course and is different from tuition fees explained under section 7. You will also need to have opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher, and an ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme. |
| Location | Collegiate Crescent Campus Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BP |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have: 120 credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting), current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements. Please note in order to be eligible for this course you need funding arrangements in place via sponsorship with an NHS employer with a minimum of 1 year contract. if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course. Please note this is a requirement to apply for the course and is different from tuition fees explained under section 7. You will also need to have opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher, and an ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme. |
| Location | Collegiate Crescent Campus Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BP |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have: 120 credits at level 6 (or pending results prior to the course starting), current registration on part 1 (Nursing) or part 2 (Midwifery) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, enhanced level of disclosure Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and self-declaration of good health and character in line with the NMC requirements. Please note in order to be eligible for this course you need funding arrangements in place via sponsorship with an NHS employer with a minimum of 1 year contract. if this employment is terminated at any point this will result in the loss of your place on the course. Please note this is a requirement to apply for the course and is different from tuition fees explained under section 7. You will also need to have opportunity and managerial support to access an appropriate placement overseen by a Practice Teacher, and an ability to demonstrate the potential to practice at specialist level on completion of the programme. |
| Location | Collegiate Crescent Campus Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BP |
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