Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 76
NURSING
Specialist Community
Nursing: District
Nursing
Overview
Keele University School of Nursing
and Midwifery offer this pathway
as a Nursing and Midwifery
Council (NMC) approved,
full-time one year Specialist
Community Nursing programme:
District Nursing.
Specialist Community Nurses
(District Nursing) provide up
to date, specialist and highly
technical care to patients in their
own environments as well as
supporting families and carers.
As a District Nurse today you
need to be highly skilled and
educated to manage the changing
demographics of communities
and populations you will work
within. Furthermore, you will
be expected to lead teams of
both qualified and support staff
in a community setting. Recent
government policy outlines a
call to action and model for
district nursing services and this
award, providing a qualification
in Specialist Community Nursing
(District Nursing Pathway), is
timely to support this, leading
to a recordable specialist
qualification with the NMC.
Additional information
The course has been designed
to produce specialist community
nursing practitioners who
are safe, competent, and
professional, to lead district
nursing in a community nursing
setting. This includes meeting
Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC) standards for Specialist
Community Nursing, Education
and Practice.
You will develop your leadership
skills whilst on the programme,
so that you are able to plan
and lead services and initiatives
which promote health, support
long-term conditions and
provide specialist nursing care,
including community practitioner
prescribing as applicable to
your role. You will achieve the
recordable qualification through
the postgraduate diploma;
however, there is the opportunity
to undertake a dissertation
through a part-time route to
convert this postgraduate diploma
to a master’s degree.
Key Information
Course type
Postgraduate diploma
Mode of study
Full-time (or part-time
by arrangement)
Entry
requirements
Applicants are required
to be qualified adult
nurses. Please see the
school website for
further information on
entry requirements
Contact email
[email protected]
Module titles
You will study the following
core modules:
• Research Methods in Health
• Leadership and Management
for Healthcare Professionals
• Specialist Community Practice
• Strategic Management
of Long-term Conditions
The following is a list of indicative
elective modules:
• Health Assessment in
Clinical Practice
• Community Practitioner Nurse
Prescribing (V100)
Good to know
Community staff
nurses can be funded
onto a district nurse
specialist practitioner
programme via
their employing
organisation.
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
Specialist practitioner
programmes comprise
50% theory and
50% practice and
concentrate on
four areas:
• Clinical nursing
practice
• Care and programme
management
• Clinical practice
development
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• Clinical practice
leadership