(Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) (Top Up)

Overview

On successful completion of the (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) (Top Up) course from University of Wolverhampton , you will be able to register on the third part of the Nursing and Midwifery register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing.

The course will also:

• Equip you with the knowledge, skills and understanding to evaluate, enhance and develop your public health practice
• Develop and enhance your leadership and management skills within the context of public health nursing practice to support others and to benefit the health of children, families and communities.
• Enable you to adopt critical reflective practice and lifelong learning that fosters a spirit of scientific enquiry and research promoting personal and professional development.
• Equip you with cognitive skills and knowledge to lead, innovate, advocate change and contribute to an evidence base of practice in order to benefit the health of children, young people, families and communities.

• Support you to work with codes and standards of professional practice to protect human rights, promote equality and manage risk to deliver safe effective health care.

You are normally seconded or sponsored by a Primary Care Trust to study for this pathway. You will focus on educational issues that are related to school nursing, public health and primary healthcare. The course is 50 % theory and 50% practice and so learning experiences also take place in a community setting. The programme steers strongly towards public health and health promotion, and is designed to encourage the empowerment of patients/clients. The theoretical modules are underpinned with evidence based practice and application to practice is highlighted throughout. Other key aspects of the course are interprofessional working, leadership and management and innovation. The course will involve both assessments in theory and practical elements. Your theoretical assessments involve measuring academic knowledge which will underpin your professional practice. Practice assessments are aimed at measuring knowledge, skills, expertise and attitudes to ensure that an appropriate theory/practice balance is achieved.