SPECIALIST PRACTITIONER DISTRICT NURSING PgD

Practitioners who undertake this programme will be highly motivated individuals who demonstrate a strong commitment to developing District Nursing practice based on the integration of critically appraised evidence with professional expertise. It is expected that our students have a wealth of previous experience to be utilised, challenged and built upon. The programme embraces a facilitative approach to learning, co-ordinated to support the practice element at the centre of the programme.

This programme is underpinned by three core values:

• The delivery of patient and family-centred care

• Student-centred learning

• Practice-focused development

Further contributory values include collaboration, partnership, professional expertise and innovation. These values shape and inform both the theory and practice to ensure that high quality care is delivered to a rapidly changing and diverse primary care environment.

The curriculum in this programme has been developed to ensure that our 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 Queen’s Nursing Institute (2015).