Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 185
The programme will support you in applying your skills of critical
reflection to enhance your professional, personal and academic
development. Your clinical placement experience will enable you
to gain expertise in the full range of Health Visitor or School
Nursing skills, through observation and practice supervised by
a Practice Teacher.
Health Visiting Pathway
The Health Visiting pathway is underpinned by the recent initiative
to strengthen the health visiting workforce by increasing numbers
and redesigning service provision to meet population needs.
The Health Visiting Pathway reflects the current standards and
initiatives for health visiting, developing public health awareness
and understanding of key health challenges using a social model
of health and well-being, and has a particular in depth focus on
the physical, social and emotional aspects of the developing child,
recognising how these contribute to social capital and life chances.
Contact
School of Nursing and
Midwifery, Keele University
Clinical Education Centre
University Hospitals of
North Midlands NHS Trust
Royal Stoke University
Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
WWW.KEELE.AC.UK/UNDERGRADUATE
Key Information
Customer Services
T: 01782 679600
E: [email protected]
www.keele.ac.uk/
nursingandmidwifery
Course content
• Evidence based Practice (15 level 6 credits)
• Clinical Leadership (15 level 6 credits)
• Public Health and Social Policy (15 level 6 credits)
• Specialist Community Practice (30 level 6 credits)
• The Developing Child (30 level 6 credits)
• Community Practitioner Prescribing (V100) (15 level 6 credits)
School Nursing Pathway
The School Nursing Pathway prepares practitioners to work in
School Health settings leading a range of health initiatives to
promote school age physical, social and emotional health and
well-being in individuals, families and communities, to improve
health and reduce health inequalities in partnership with
other agencies.
Course content
• Evidence based Practice (15 level 6 credits)
• Clinical Leadership (15 level 6 credits)
• Public Health and Social Policy (15 level 6 credits)
• Specialist Community Practice (30 level 6 credits)
• School age Health and Wellbeing (30 level 6 credits)
• Community Practitioner Prescribing (V100) or Mental Health
Assessment for Non-Mental Health Settings (15 level 6 credits)
Course titles
• BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice
• BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
The School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at the hospital
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