Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner) (MSc)
University of Southampton
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Our MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner) degree develops your existing neonatal clinical experience and skills, helping you take on greater responsibility and make more complex clinical decisions. This pathway is accredited by Health Education Englands Centre for Advancing Practice. Completion of HEE accredited programmes/pathways is set to become one of the benchmark routes to recognition for Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and accreditation is also designed ...Read more

Our MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner) degree develops your existing neonatal clinical experience and skills, helping you take on greater responsibility and make more complex clinical decisions. This pathway is accredited by Health Education England's Centre for Advancing Practice. Completion of HEE accredited programmes/pathways is set to become one of the benchmark routes to recognition for Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and accreditation is also designed to ensure a consistent level of programme quality across England Throughout this degree you’ll: critically evaluate role development in relation to advanced neonatal practice, explore how to apply evidence to your role, apply diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills to your professional practice, develop new and improved history-taking and clinical skills for assessment and examination of newborns, advanced neonatal studies and pharmacology and demonstrate your clinical competence through simulated and practice-based clinical assessment. If you’re eligible to practise as an independent or supplementary prescriber, you will have the opportunity to obtain the V300 non-medical prescribing qualification.

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Entry requirements

You will need a 2:2 degree in a subject from a clinical or science background, and:

  • Current professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
  • A current job contract in a clinical or clinically related area (including the support of your unit manager and a medical mentor to assess your practice competency and support your learning)
  • At least 2 years post-registration clinical experience
  • At least 1 satisfactory reference, normally from your employer, confirming the availability of appropriate clinical practice experience and mentor support

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Fees for a year's study: UK students pay £13,704. This course is not available to EU and international students.

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