Nursing with Nursing (Adavanced Practice) route MSc / Postgrad Diploma
Overview
This course allows you to develop your specialist skills and knowledge in adult or children's nursing. The MSc Nursing is mainly non-clinical for those wanting to develop their overall nursing practice and theory with a view to growing into leadership and management roles. The Nursing (Advanced Practice) route provides advanced clinical skills, enabling nurses to work as specialists.
As nursing shifts to being an all degree profession in the UK, the importance of consolidating and developing your skills base is more important than ever. This course will help you develop your practice at an advanced level, and develop your leadership, management and high level research skills to improve health care provision.
Who is the course for?
The course is for experienced nurses working in senior position or those who are preparing for nurse practitioner, care manager, nurse consultant or clinical leadership roles.
For the Nursing (Advanced Practice) route nurses must be working in senior clinical positions. A clinical work placement with appropriate supervision for physical assessment is required.
Why study Nursing at City?
- Enhance your existing nursing practice and theory giving you greater confidence to progress in leadership and research activity.
- Tailor the course to meet your personal and professional needs.
- Expand and share your knowledge and experience with your fellow students.
- Learn from academics that are internationally recognised in their fields and have contributed to highly-regarded published literature.
- Advance your career and professional aspirations in the nursing field.
Course Fees:
- Full-time EU: £8,000 (2012/13)
- Part-time EU: £4,000 (2012/13)
- Full-time Non EU: £16,500 (2012/13)
- Part-time Non EU: £8,250 (2012/13)
Start Date:
Two intakes each year – September and January
Entry Requirements
- Registration as a nurse. For the Nursing route, normally with two years' experience. For the Nursing (Advanced Practice) route at least five years' experience
- You must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and working in a healthcare setting
- A second class honours degree
- If you do not have a degree you will be considered, but may have to demonstrate an ability to study at degree level.
English Requirements
For those students whose first language is not English, one of the following is also required:
- IELTS: 7.0
- TOEFL (internet-based): 107
- Pearson's academic score: 72.
- A first degree from a UK university or an overseas institution recognised by the University as providing adequate evidence of proficiency of the English language e.g. Australia, Canada or the USA.
Visa Requirements
The way that you apply may vary depending on the length of your course at City, there are different rules for:
- Students on courses of more than 6 months
- Students on courses of less than 6 months
- Students on a pre-sessional English Language course
For more information see our main Visa page.
When and Where
- Start Date:
- Two intakes each year – September and January
- Duration:
- Duration: Full time: a minimum of two days a week university-based study, up to five years. For Nursing (Advanced Practice), At least one day a week clinical practice, up to five years. Part time: one day a week university-based study, up to five years. For Nursing (Advanced Practice), at least one day a week clinical practice, up to five years. The Postgraduate Diploma modules can be completed within one year. The dissertation can take up to one further year to complete.
Course Content
You will be taught by internationally recognised academic staff. Our highly-regarded research activity also feeds directly into our teaching programmes. We work with health partners across London to ensure our education delivery is relevant and cutting edge.
The course is designed to provide you with flexible study options. There are two intakes each academic year in January and September. Students can study on a part-time or full-time basis.
You are able to adapt your MSc as your studies progress, so your studies are relevant to your career needs and personal interests. Compulsory modules are kept to a minimum, so you can choose from a wide range depending on your personal goals. Students are also able to study individual course modules on a stand-alone basis for continuing professional development. On completion of the taught modules students will qualify for a Postgraduate Diploma, completion of a dissertation leads to the full Masters degree.
Nursing (Advanced Practice) route
If you want to prepare for an advanced practice role in adult or children's nursing you can choose to study the Nursing (Advanced Practice) route.
You will follow a more prescribed route to ensure you meet the competencies for advanced practice but will still be able to choose some optional modules. We also offer specific modules for ophthalmic nurses.
Course Structure
The course consists of eight modules and a dissertation.
Nursing route:
Core modules:
- Advancing nursing knowledge
- Research methods.
Optional modules:
- Qualitative research
- Leadership for practice and service delivery
- Medicines management
- Psychology at work
- Evidence-based health and social care
- Clinical practice
- Biological foundations in clinical practice
- Pharmacology in clinical practice
- Chronic disease management
- Long term conditions
- Research methods 1 (introductory)
- Philosophy and politics of primary healthcare
- Practice-based module
- Clinical assessment in Primary Care
- Integrated public health
- Clinical effectiveness
- Innovations in healthcare: leadership and management perspectives
Nursing (Advanced Practice) route:
Core modules:
- Advancing nursing knowledge
- Advanced clinical practice
- Research methods.
Advanced nurse practitioner core modules:
- Research methods 1 (introductory)
- Philosophy and politics of primary healthcare
- Physical assessment 1
- Physical assessment 2.
Optional modules:
- Physical assessment (adult or child or ophthalmic)
- Physical assessment (adult or child or ophthalmic)
- Medicines management, or
- Independent and supplementary non medical prescribing
- Clinical practice
- Biological foundations in clinical practice
- Pharmacology in clinical practice.
If you have a specific related area of interest, you may be able to select additional modules from our portfolio.
When you have successfully completed the taught modules plus your dissertation, you will qualify for a full Masters degree or complete the taught modules and qualify for a Postgraduate Diploma.
Teaching and Assessment
A blended approach to learning and teaching is adopted including university-based taught modules; e-learning and work-based learning.
Assessments are varied to meet the practice and academic challenges of a Masters level programme, while recognising the need for motivating, realistic and relevant activity. Assessment includes essays; objective structured clinical examinations; practicebased assessments and seminar presentations with supporting papers.
Fees
- Full-time EU: £8,000 (2012/13)
- Part-time EU: £4,000 (2012/13)
- Full-time Non EU: £16,500 (2012/13)
- Part-time Non EU: £8,250 (2012/13)
Funding
For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit Undergraduate Fees and Finance or Postgraduate Fees and Finance.
Placements
Nursing route
You do not need to have a work placement, but are expected to apply principles to practice in the assessments.
Nursing (Adavanced Practice) route
A clinical work placement with appropriate supervision for physical assessment is required.
Career Prospects
The course is for experienced nurses working in senior position or those who are preparing for nurse practitioner, care manager, nurse consultant or clinical leadership roles.
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