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Postgraduate Diploma
Preston Campus 1
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Postgraduate Diploma
Preston Campus 1
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
Select a an exam type
As a registered nurse or midwife this course meets the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) professional standards for specialist community public health nurses (Health Visiting or School Nursing). It can also lead to a new and rewarding career in public health nursing.Youll be equipped with skills to act as a clinician, educator, manager and leader, to proactively meet changing public healthcare needs. And youll be better able to respond to the expectations and demands of individuals, groups and populations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society.You can register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on the third part of the Nursing and Midwifery register.And, as the course is mapped to the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, it will help with career progression.The course promotes independent, shared and autonomous learning developing you as a specialist community public health nurse.Youll develop your professional proficiency underpinned by sound, evidence based theoretical knowledge, within the practice of specialist community public health nursing.Youll cover the four principles of public health practice the search for, and stimulating awareness, of health needs, policies and health needs and health enhancing activities.
Applicants should hold at least a 2:2 degree in health related area or equivalent.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,500 per year
Students from Domestic
2024-25 fee is £1,000 per 20 credits, 2025-26 fee is £1,050 per 20 credits.
Students from EU
2024/25 full time fee is £16,900, 2025/26 full time fee is £17,900 and it is a guide for part time students.
Students from International
2024/25 full time fee is £16,900, 2025/26 full time fee is £17,900 and it is a guide for part time students.
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