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PG Dip Specialist Community Nursing (Community District Nursing)

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    PGDip 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Specialist Community Nursing course gives you the opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills in community nursing. It is designed to support professionals to establish skills and strategies necessary to promote health and well-being in partnership with individuals and groups in a variety of community settings. It fulfils the professional standards for the education and preparation of specialist community practitioners developed by the UKCC [2001] and is endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

As a District Nurse you play a crucial role in the primary healthcare team. They visit people in their own homes or in residential care homes, providing increasingly complex care for patients and supporting family members.  As well as providing direct patient care, you’ll have a teaching and support role, working with patients to enable them to care for themselves or with family members teaching them how to give care to their relatives. You will play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and readmissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible. You will be expected to work in partnership and liaise with the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team.

Entry Requirements

The normal entry requirements for the PGDip Specialist Community Nursing course are:

Access to an appropriate specialist community practice placement with a designated practice supervisor and practice assessor for the duration of your studies on the course. This is normally provided through the sponsoring employer.

  • A UK degree, or other qualification at equivalent level, in a health-related subject
  • All applicants are required to demonstrate effective registration on part 1 of the NMC register.
  • All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency. The following qualifications and grades will be considered:

GCSE English language grade A-C

IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 5.5 in any band)

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Fees

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Programme Funding

The University of Hertfordshire offer a range of tuition fee discounts and non-repayable scholarships to support our postgraduate students, visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

The course is suitable for all registered nurses who want to achieve registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Specialist Community Nurse in community children’s nursing, community nursing in the home – district nursing or general practice nursing.

Module Details

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