Course summary
This Postgraduate Diploma offers practical support to qualified nurses in delivering advanced practice in a community setting and undertaking quality improvement or service evaluations. On completion of this course, students will have met the NMC requirements of an SPQ District Nurse and will feel confident in their ability to manage complex cases, deliver advanced practice interventions, deliver quality improvement, and evaluate changes made. Our course is designed to support ‘live’ improvement projects and service evaluations. It appreciates the dynamic and complex environment of contemporary service provision. It includes real case studies and presentations from experienced people with a track record of delivery in quality improvement and service evaluation. The underpinning philosophy is engagement—‘all share, all learn’—and therefore, the course provides opportunities for students to learn, support, and challenge each other in their improvement efforts. The course is 40% theory and 60% practice and this is integrated across the duration of the course. You will undertake the theoretical component in the University, and undertake the practice component in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor from the defined area of practice.
Assessment method
Practice is assessed via a Practice Learning Portfolio under the supervision of a practice assessor/supervisor and academic assessor. Modules are assessed in a variety of ways, e.g. examinations, assignments, presentations, oral examination and portfolio. There is also the opportunity for the pathway lead to visit you and your practice assessor/supervisor to aid learning and support. This will allow you to reflect upon your practice and to show progression within the SPC programme.
Entry requirements
Applicants must be registered on the appropriate part of the NMC Register for their chosen pathway. Normally, practitioners will have a minimum of two years' relevant post-registration experience and support from a sponsoring trust or organisation, and evidence of practice in a closely related area of specialism. Applicants must also have successfully completed an honours degree in Nursing or a health-related field, or equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Chester
Parkgate Road
Chester
CH1 4BJ