Graduate Diploma Nursing with Professional Registration

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• Objectives
  We aim to: -Give you an insight and understanding into healthcare systems in the UK and the necessary knowledge and skills required to function in a rapidly changing health care system. -Prepare you to deliver a high quality of nursing care in hospital and community settings, built upon evidence based practice and knowledge. -Place emphasis upon the acquisition of clinical competence and the integration of theory and practice. -Offer a range of practice experiences, teaching strategies and support to achieve these aims.
• Entry requirements
  Applicants must have an honours degree in a relevant discipline (such as biology, psychology, sociology). Evidence of numeracy is required, from Maths GCSE, an approved key skills or numeracy module, or equivalent.
• Academic title
  Graduate Diploma Nursing with Professional Registration
• Course description
  This accelerated two-year course leads to professional
  registration and has been designed for graduates who
  have already obtained an honours degree in a relevant
  subject such as biology, sociology or social care, and
  wish to pursue a career in nursing.
  
  Before commencing on the Graduate Diploma you will need
  to decide which pathway you wish to specialise in,
  choosing from:
  
  -Adult Nursing
  -Mental Health Nursing
  -Learning Disabilities Nursing
  -Child Health Nursing
  
  
  This course has been designed to integrate theory with
  hands-on clinical practice that will prepare you for
  delivering high quality care as a qualified
  practitioner.  Over the two years you will be with us,
  you will spend 50% of your time at university or working
  on assignments and the other 50% in clinical placements.
  
  Programme Content
  
  The course runs for a minimum of two years in duration
  and must be completed within five years of starting.
  Courses start in September of each year. The course
  incorporates a Common Foundation Course (CFC) within the
  first year of study, and a branch course in either Adult
  Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Child Health Nursing or
  Learning Disabilities Nursing.
  
  Year 1 - Common Foundation Course
   
  The first year will provide you with the knowledge base
  upon which nursing practice is founded. Prior to
  starting the course all students will be considered for
  APEL credit against established units of the pre-
  registration framework, and a personal timetable
  devised. This will ensure that your previous study is
  mapped against the learning outcomes of the course, and
  appropriate exemptions be arranged. Clinical placements
  will start early in the first year, and are branch
  focused, along with blocks of theory and study weeks. 
  You are expected to participate in the 24-hour cycle of
  care at this stage in the course which includes shift
  work, night duty and weekends, which is a professional
  body requirement.
   
  Branch Course - Year 2
   
  Your final year will enable you to build upon knowledge
  gained during your first year. Learning takes place
  alongside final year students from the Advanced Diploma
  and BSc (Hons) degree course. The level of practical
  placements will increase, culminating in a 12 week
  period of full time practice towards the end of the
  course, along with blocks of theory and study weeks
  throughout the year. These units of study will be
  specific to your chosen branch of nursing.

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