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Study Details: MSc 2 Years Full-Time
Are you a qualified children’s, learning disability or mental health nurse? Do you have current registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council? Want to undertake an additional professional role in adult nursing? As health service delivery becomes increasingly integrated, this PGDip Nursing course meets the demand for highly employable nurses who can work with complex morbidities across the lifespan and within different settings.
You’ll have access to practice learning opportunities that will support your personal and professional values and beliefs. You’ll become a highly competent, resilient and empowered second registrant.
Once you graduate you’ll be eligible to register as a qualified adult nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). You’ll have the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to plan, coordinate and deliver care in a safe, compassionate and effective way.
You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above). Health-related subjects are preferred but not essential. Other subjects will be considered on an individual basis.
An interview forms part of the selection process.
Pre-registration nursing programmes are typically three years in duration so, in order to join this two-year MSc, you will be required to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). This will be in the form of three short pieces of written work (essays) and evidence which will also confirm that you have met a minimum of 700 hours of appropriate health-related occupational or voluntary experience. Further details about RPL, including guidance on the development of your three short academic essays, will be sent to you upon successful completion of an interview.
If you accept an offer from Edge Hill you will need to satisfy the requirements of the Nursing & Midwifery Council in respect of physical and mental fitness and will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’. Further information will be sent to you after you have firmly accepted an offer.
You’ll graduate with an academic and professional qualification in adult nursing, building on your existing registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This will open a wide choice of career options across your fields of practice.
After completing this course, you’ll be ready to take your career to the next level in:
clinical practice
research
leadership
management
consultancy
education
On our PGDip Nursing (Adult) programme you’ll learn the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to align with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s standards of proficiency.
Gain all the skills you need for a second field of nursing while consolidating your existing knowledge and skills. There’s a big focus on leadership and management, and you’ll get an in-depth understanding of medication, pharmacology, consent, safeguarding and law, so you’ll get a smooth transition to professional practice in your chosen field.
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