Study Postgraduate Diploma Specialist Practitioner - District Nursing at University of Suffolk in the UK, School of Technologies, Business and Arts

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

Practitioners who undertake this programme will be highly motivated practitioners who demonstrate a strong commitment to developing District / Home Nursing practice based on the integration of critically appraised evidence with professional expertise. It is expected that students will have a wealth of previous experience which will be utilised, challenged and built upon. The programme embraces a facilitative approach to learning, coordinated to support the practice element at the centre of the programme.The curriculum in this programme has been developed to ensure that practitioners are prepared to respond to the demands of an advanced level of practice in the contemporary context of primary health care. All modules are mandatory and are mapped against the Standards for Specialist Education and Practice (District Nursing) (endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council) and also mapped against the education and practice standards developed for District Nursing by the Queens Nursing Institute (2015

Which department am I in?

School of Technologies, Business and Arts

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£10,140.00 (US$ 13,095) per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

March 2027

Venue

Ipswich Main Campus

Waterfront Building, 19 Neptune Quay,

Ipswich,

Suffolk,

IP4 1QJ, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Students need an honours degree normally at 2:2 or above, registration on Part One of the NMC Register, three years post registration experience, of these three years, the year immediately preceding application to the programme must have been in the primary care setting. IELTS (Academic or UKVI) 7.0 overall, and a minimum of 6.5 in each component, unless stated otherwise on the specific course page, TOEFL iBT (including TOEFL iBT Home Edition) overall score of 95 (with a minimum of 22 in reading, 20 in listening, 23 in speaking and 22 in writing).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.