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Gain advanced skills, independent and supplementary prescribing rights and lead compassionate, personalised end-of-life care. This postgraduate programme is designed for registered nurses who aim to enhance their expertise in providing compassionate, evidence-based care for patients approaching the end of life. In line with the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan's focus on developing specialist roles, this programme prepares professionals to deliver exceptional end-of-life care, ensuring dignity, comfort, and clinical excellence.
The course also covers essential pharmacology to ensure safe prescribing practices, with a strong emphasis on merging theoretical knowledge with clinical application. Students will engage with various scenarios leading to prescriptions, encouraging reflective practice and the use of local and national guidelines to inform their decisions.
The programme includes two 30-credit modules: Palliative and End of Life Care, focusing on the delivery of holistic, patient-centred care, supporting physical, emotional, psychological, and social needs of service users and relatives at the end of life and Independent and Supplementary Prescribing, offering the necessary knowledge and skills to prescribe safely and effectively, ensuring that care is managed and tailored real-time without delays or limitations.
The Palliative and End of Life Care module will be delivered in partnership with Mountbatten Hospice Group who provide inpatient and community palliative and end of life care across the Isle of Wight, Southampton and parts of Hampshire.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected September 2027
Main Campus
E Park Terrace,
Southampton,
SO14 OYN, Southern England, United Kingdom
Please ensure you upload the following mandatory documents with your application:
Two academic references.
Certified transcripts of qualifications, including English language proficiency if non-UK student.
Copy of passport.
Copy of current visa (if applicable).
A personal statement.
Employer sponsor form, where appropriate.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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