This course provides a professional development framework, allowing nurses to undertake clinically focused modules with the potential to achieve a degree. This course is currently under development, please contact Pamela Kirkpatrick, course leader on 01224 262957 for further information.

Each module (except Advanced Professional Practice) is also offered as a stand alone short course. Six modules are core modules and students may choose one additional module from the Professional Development Portfolio in order to achieve the full degree award. The structure of the course offers a part-time, flexible mode of education for registered nurses enabling them to study and continue in employment. It is anticipated that students will take approximately six months to complete each module.

The development of the course has been led by the requirements of the nursing profession for practitioners who are fit for practice. The course has been strongly influenced by the need to make education clinically relevant and the emphasis of the course is on the application of theory to practice and the process of learning. The programme has been developed to meet the needs of a wide range of staff, and all modules within the programme have been developed in collaboration with clinical staff.

You will undertake 6 core modules plus 1 option module which will lead to the award of BA Professional Nursing Studies and the RCN Nurse Practitioner award. You may draw the optional module from across the post-registration framework.

Six Core Modules:

• Autonomous Professional Practice
• Non Medical Prescribing
• Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Advanced Clinical Examination Skills
• Working with Vulnerable Clients
• Advanced Professional Practice

Plus

One module from the Professional Development Portfolio, to see a full list of modules, please visit our website www.rgu.ac.uk/nursingpd

For further information on this course contact:

Pamela Kirkpatrick, Course Leader
Telephone: 01224 262957
E-mail: p.kirkpatrick@rgu.ac.uk

Steve O'Brien, Senior Lecturer
Telephone: 01224 262654
E-mail: s.o-brien1@rgu.ac.uk

Or visit:

BA Professional Nursing Studies: RCN approved Nurse Practitioner route

Students must have at least 2 years post-qualified experience and demonstrate achievement of the entry criteria, as outlined in the relevant module unit descriptors. For some modules students are required to pass an on-line anatomy and physiology exam prior to commencing the modules.

Prospective students are also expected to demonstrate the ability to study at academic SCQF 9 (or equivalent).

Details of fees for each module are available by contacting:

Pamela Kirkpatrick, Course Leader
Telephone: 01224 262957
E-mail: p.kirkpatrick@rgu.ac.uk

For applications to this course please contact the Post-Registration Team. 

Heather Nicolson
TEl 01224 262600,
Email:  h.nicolson@rgu.ac.uk

• To provide a continuing professional development framework for nurses that will enable them to achieve a degree.
• To provide a continuing professional development framework that will lead to a nationally recognised and approved Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• To promote life long learning for nurses through the provision of a flexible, accessible continuing professional development framework.
• To meet the needs of service by providing a range of clinically focused modules that will ensure fitness for practice.