Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
This course is aimed at registered healthcare professionals working within an acute secondary care environment with adult service users. It is designed to enhance your knowledge and critical understanding of managing and caring for patients within an acute or critical care setting. You will explore and discuss the attributes that influence care decisions within this specialist area, this will allow you to reflect and build upon existing experiences and knowledge.
The course was designed and validated in conjunction with local employers and aims to develop you academically as well as clinically.
The course provides you with an opportunity to study with colleagues from other disciplines and specialties.
You will study modules which are designed to provide you with a better understanding of assessing and caring for patients with acute, critical and emergency care needs.
The material that underpins acute and critical care will be complimented by the opportunity for you to focus your learning on specific areas relevant your clinical practice.
Entry requirements for this course are normally:
Be a Healthcare Practitioner, registered with a professional body such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with at least 12 months post-registration employment within an acute healthcare setting.
Have an honours degree at 2:2 or above, have studied at honours level or can demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills at honours degree standard. We will consider other qualifications and experience on an individual case basis.
Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Adult nurse, Children's nurse, Health play specialist, Health visitor, High intensity therapist, Learning disability nurse, Mental health nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Physician associate.
Core Modules:
Assessment, Care and Management of the Acutely Ill Individual
Personal and Practice Development
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