PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting)

This module aims to help you to explore the role of the health professional when interacting with children and families whilst analysing current evidence based practice in relation to the 0-19 years agenda. Child development theories will be examined within a cultural and social perspective and the factors which impinge on child development. The role and responsibilities of the health professional in relation to child law and local policy will be explored.There will opportunities to analyse and critique concepts, models of key authors, rival theories, and major debates. This module aims to provide you with opportunities to learn more about the promotion and protection of positive health in children and their families.

This module aims to support the student to critically examine leadership and management within specialist practice and healthcare, enabling the student to synthesise the leadership skills and operational requirements required for change. Students will examine leadership theory, team and change management and collaborative working and its application to clinical practice. This module will support the student to consider their leadership and management skills within their specialist field of practice and enable the student to construct a sound proposal for an innovative change.

The module is designed to critically further your knowledge in relation to the protection of children and young people, whilst critically exploring the notion of risk management and its relationship to safeguarding. Studying the module will enable you to work closer with families and professionals around child protection and to evaluate the interventions

This module is designed to enable you to develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of the research process which builds on existing skill and knowledge. Becoming a confident researcher is fundamental to your specialist practice skill as this knowledge will inform professional decision making and increase the scope of professional practice. Integral to this is an ability to synthesise existing literature specific to your area of expertise, develop a research question and using a critical lens position your methodological approach to procure a research proposal specific to practice. This distinct skill will evidence knowledge of literature searching, literature critique and incorporate paradigm belief. Using theories of being, knowing, methodology, ethics requires a deep engagement with the philosophy of research inquiry, an understanding of epistemology and ontology and how they intersect in the research act. Deepening knowledge of a range of research approaches will add to the specialist practitioners’ repertoire to advance practice and improve health care delivery.

This module will provide a framework for specialist practitioners wishing to develop their knowledge of specialist community public health nursing practice in contemporary society. This will incorporate an understanding of the challenges of practice and an appreciation of how policy and research fundamental to professional development influence professional development. Integral to this progression is an opportunity to forge theory practice links, critically debate social, political and cultural factors as knowledge and skill in practice deepens. The use and application of a broad range of evidence-based practices combined with experiential learning opportunities will enable practitioners to contextualise learning to maximise their potential. This will increase their specialist repertoire, skill and knowledge, practice proficiency and overall competence. The aim is to promote an independent, knowledgeable and confident lead professional who is able to make informed decisions and use the evidence to deliver and evaluate specialist practice interventions effectively. Applying an enhanced critical approach to practice endeavours promotes an informed practitioner who is able to contribute to the wider healthcare debate specific to their specialism.

This module will provide a framework for specialist practitioners wishing to develop their knowledge of specialist community public health nursing practice in contemporary society. This will incorporate an understanding of the challenges of practice and an appreciation of how policy and research fundamental to professional development influence professional development. Integral to this progression is an opportunity to forge theory practice links, critically debate social, political and cultural factors as knowledge and skill in practice deepens. The use and application of a broad range of evidence-based practices combined with experiential learning opportunities will enable practitioners to contextualise learning to maximise their potential. This will increase their specialist repertoire, skill and knowledge, practice proficiency and overall competence. The aim is to promote an independent, knowledgeable and confident lead professional who is able to make informed decisions and use the evidence to deliver and evaluate specialist practice interventions effectively. Applying an enhanced critical approach to practice endeavours promotes an informed practitioner who is able to contribute to the wider healthcare debate specific to their specialism.This module will incorporate the V100 Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing. This module will incorporate the V100, NMC Standards for Prescribing Programmes (NMC, 2018) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competency Framework for all prescribers (RPS, 2016). This will allow the student to integrate the underpinning theory and practice elements of the course (NMC, 2004; NMC 2018) to practice and prescribe safely.