Health Faculty Publications PG Study and Research 2016 | Seite 34

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing:
Health Visiting Pathway
LEVEL: BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing/PgDip/MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing.
Would you like to train as a Health Visitor? Keele University School of Nursing and Midwifery has developed a full-time
one-year Specialist Community Public Health Nursing programme. This course has been designed to produce specialist
community public health practitioners who are safe, competent, and deliver professional practice in a community
public health setting, meeting Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Specialist Community Public
Health Nursing. Students are prepared to work with communities, families and individuals to improve health and
reduce health inequalities to optimise life chances, in partnership with people and organisations, in support of
the government health and social agenda. On successful completion of this course the student is able to
register with the NMC on the third part of the register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
Students studying at postgraduate level have an opportunity to undertake a dissertation after the
course to convert their Postgraduate Diploma to a Master’s degree. Students develop their
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