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Nursing – (M.Sc.)
University of Cumbria
Health and Social Care| Application Deadline: | No deadline | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,940 - ≈ € 10,410 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Lancaster / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Cumbria
Come and study a postgraduate award that is directly related to your area of practice, taught by experts in their field.
We understand the need for a flexible approach to learning. You may be in work and want to broaden your knowledge and skills and improve your career prospects. You may have taken a break and now want to return to employment. We can provide you with a flexible solution to your study needs. This award can be taken in a modular, step-by-step approach and there are options to study part-time, through distance learning and work-based learning.
We received the best overall student satisfaction scores of any Health Faculty in the North West in the 2009 National Student Survey.
You will need to attend one of the Induction days prior to commencing your first module, these are running in Lancaster on 15th September 2011 and in Carlisle on 13th September 2011.
What can this course lead to?
This programme will enhance your ability to gain employment in more senior roles in leadership, practice, research or education within primary care.
You will develop the qualities needed for employment in circumstances requiring sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative in complex and unpredictable professional environments.
The programme will enable practitioners to meet the requirements laid out in the knowledge and skills framework providing opportunities for career advancement.
Completing the MSc will also enhance your abilities to continue to further advanced study, for example to MPhil/PhD level.
Contents
This programme equips you to respond to the rapid changes in nursing and health care. It has a focus on research, leadership and innovation in nursing practice. It enables you to build on your existing experience and extend your knowledge, skills and understanding for advancing, transforming and leading practice in nursing.
You choose from a matrix of modules, to build a programme that is suited to your development needs, in your own area of nursing practice. This may include modules on research, clinical nursing practice development, leadership and management, education, policy development and enterprise. Options exist to undertake independent study modules with a focus on current service developments and advancements in nursing practice.
Modules
Compulsory modules (all modules are 20 credits unless indicated otherwise):
* NMLB 7073 Appraising Research and Evidence for Service Improvement
* XANP 7803 Leadership
* NMLB 7071 Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional modules (all modules are 20 credits unless indicated otherwise):
* NMLB 7097 Advanced Level Human Health and Pathophysiology
* NMLB 7077 Advancing Practice Through Work Based Learning
* NMLB 7079 Advancing Skills in Case Management
* NMLB 7087 Advancing Skills for Service Improvement
* XANP 7804 Clinical Supervision and Mentorship in the Context of Leadership
* NMLB 7081 Complexities in the Therapeutic Use of Medicines
* NMLB 7083 Contemporary Aspects of Perinatal Mental Health
* NMLB 7085 Critical Perspectives on Infant Nutrition
* XCDL 7801 Design for Learning in Higher Education
* NMLB 7075 Effective Therapeutic Communication for Health Care Practice
* NMLB 7089 Evidence Based Clinical Decision Making
* RPHH 7316 Evidence for Health Improvement
* NMLB 7070 Excellence in Practice Innovation and Development
* NMLB 7091 Family Centred Practice
* RPHH 7308 Health Improvement and Social Change
* NMLB 7093 Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
* NMLB 7095 Health, Social and Community Enterprise
* NMLB 7060/5 Independent Study
* XNMP 7800 Non-Medical Prescribing
* NMLB 7099 Normality for Child Bearing
* RPHH 7311 Participatory Health Needs Appraisal
* XANP 7801 Principles of Research
* NMLB 7101 Public Health Practice
* NMLB 7103 Risk Management and Clinical Governance
* NMLB 7107 The Management of Clinical Complexity
* RPHH 7043 Understanding Pain in Advanced Practice
Resources and facilities
We are amongst the UK’s leading health and social care faculties and are proud of the high level of support we are able to offer to our students. We provide a wide range of high-quality courses supported by expert academic and clinical practice staff.
If you join us you will enjoy great facilities and learn alongside caring, committed and experienced professionals. Our employment record is excellent. Recently, our NHS related provision underwent a major review by the Quality Assurance Agency and we achieved the highest possible rating.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
1st or 2nd class honours degree
Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course via APL procedures
Selection criteria
You must be a qualified nurse and hold active registration with the NMC Nursing Register, or equivalent.You will need access to an appropriate practice setting if a module with an attached QPU is studied or a work based learning module. Applications will be accompanied by one professional reference.
You may be interviewed by a member of the course team; this interview may be by telephone. During this interview you will be offered advice on the suitability of the award and your module choice within the award dependent on your personal and professional development needs. You should be able to discuss benefits of studying the award.
International applicants can find out more about entry requirements on our dedicated webpages.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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