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 ca