Reducing Risks and Vulnerability Through Specialist Practice
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
This module will enable students to explore a range of contemporaneous risks and vulnerabilities for children and young people, individuals, families, and communities. Students will apply strategies and approaches to reduce risks and vulnerabilities and to lessen their impact on health outcomes through autonomous specialist practice.
Key highlights
- Explores contemporary risks facing children, young people, families and communities
- Applies strategies to reduce risks and vulnerabilities in practice
- Focuses on lessening the impact of risk on health outcomes
- Develops autonomous specialist practice skills
- Taught over six study days across 13 weeks
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — or above
- Additional condition: professional_registration — As all students undertaking SCPHN need to be a first registrant with the UK’s NMC as a nurse or midwife, the applicant should already hold the relevant English Proficiency.
Scholarships
Alumni PGCE Bursary Award
This will be a £500 cash payment that will not have to be repaid and does not affect the payment of a student’s maintenance loans.
Up to £500Chevening Scholarships
Sir John Lowther Scholarship
The Sir John Lowther Scholarship provides financial awards of up to £2,000 to a postgraduate student within the Arts.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Health Visitor
- School Nurse
- Safeguarding Nurse
- Public Health Nurse
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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