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Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) (PgDip)

University of the West of Scotland

Venues

Lanarkshire Campus

Content

The Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) will prepare you for 21st century Health Visiting practice and entry to the third part of the professional NMC register. While studying, you will acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical experience required to promote and improve the health and wellbeing of: children, young people, families and communities.

The PgDip leads to both an academic award and professional qualification. It consists of equally distributed theoretical learning and practice based experience and is designed to take into consideration the health care needs of children, families and communities currently within the UK.

Entry Requirements

You must be registered as a nurse or midwife on either parts 1 or 2 of the NMC professional register.

Applicants who can evidence successful completion of their pre-registration nursing education programme and who have applied for NMC registration can be admitted to the programme.

Start Date

September

Qualification

Postgraduate Diploma

Study Method

Part time (day)

Course Length

2 years

Faculty

School of Health and Life Sciences

Department

Adult Nursing and Healthcare

SCQF Level

11

Website

www.uws.ac.uk

Career Area

Health and Medicine

Career Sectors

Alternative Medicine

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