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Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – (M.Sc.)
Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies
| Location: | Cardiff / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Cardiff University
This programme enables the qualified specialist community public health nurse to enhance her / his understanding of the research process and the application of evidence to develop and enhance Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) practice.
It also enables registration as a SCPHN on the third part of the Nursing and Midwifery Register.
Special Features:
* Enables registration as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, annotated as either health visitor or school nurse on the third part of the Professional Register.
* Students will spend 50% of the programme on placement, this placement may not be in their local area and students will be expected to travel
* Funding available via the Welsh Assembly Government for students undertaking the SCPHN programme, candidates must work for the NHS in Wales to receive funding.
Contents
Part 1 - Taught Component (PG Diploma):
The taught component of the programme is divided into four modules that are credit rated and one module which is zero credit rated. Each taught module offers 30 credits and all must be successfully completed in order for students to have their name included on the third part of the Professional Register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. The programme offers an optional dissertation for those who wish to move to Masters level (Part 2).
The modules are:
* Module 1: Research skills, Design, Approaches and Methods
* Module 2: Contemporary approach to SCPHN Practice
* Module 3: Public health, Promotion and Protection
* Module 4: Developing SCPHN practice to Safeguard Children and Young people
* Module 5: Community nurse prescribing in SCPHN Practice
Modes of Study:
Full-time: The Postgraduate Diploma full time route consists of the student undertaking Five modules over a 45 week period, then have a period of consolidation which takes you up to 52 weeks. Each module is credit rated at M level and all five modules are compulsory.
Part-time: Students undertaking the part time route would complete modules one and three in year one and then complete modules two, four and five in year two. The course will then finish in September of year two.
Note: A clinical practice element will account for 50% of the taught programme, which is in accordance with NMC (2004) regulations. Students are required to pass assessment in both their clinical and theoretical work in order to achieve their qualification as a specialist community public health nurse. Each student will be allocated a practice teacher (PT) who will take accountability and responsibility for assessing the student's clinical progress, which is evidenced through a clinical portfolio.
Students who complete the programme successfully will be awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and may proceed to part 2 to undertake a Masters Degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing.
Part 2 - Dissertation (MSc):
The MSc in SCPHN is optional and self funded. The dissertation comprises of the completion of a 20,000 word dissertation. (Students have three years following completion of the Postgraduate Diploma to submit the dissertation).
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates must be registered on either parts one or two of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register. Candidates can enter the programmme either with a diploma (120 credits at level 2) or with a degree
Adult, children, mental health or learning disability nurses as well as practitioners who qualified as midwives via the three year direct entry route can undertake the programme and become health visitors.
Applicants whose first language is not English or Welsh are required to provide proof of their proficiency in the English or Welsh language. They must satisfy the English and Welsh Language requirements for entry to the university by attainment of a minimum score of 7.0 on the IELTS no more than 3 years before the proposed date of entry.
A Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) check will be undertaken on prospective students and this must be deemed satisfactory before admission to the programme.
Please contact the School for further details.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
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