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Person-Centred Practice (District Nursing) - PgDip

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Course options

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  • Qualification

    Postgraduate Diploma

  • Location

    Queen Margaret University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

District nurses make a difference every day to the lives of the people they visit at home or in a homely setting. This course is for Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registered nurses already working in, or wishing to work in the community as a district nurse.This PgDip in District Nursing (Person-Centred Practice) course will allow you to gain the level of knowledge and skills required for working in the community in a district nursing capacity. The course leads to a Specialist Practitioner Qualification with the NMC. It is delivered both full and part-time with start dates in September each year and is part of our Person-Centred Practice Framework. District nurses provide increasingly complex care for people and support for family members. District Nurses, while autonomous practitioners, work as part of integrated teams to provide holistic person-centred care.On completion of the course you will be able to, ‘exercise higher levels of judgement discretion and decision-making and meet the following core and specialist outcomes required by the NMC: clinical nursing practice, care and pathway management clinical practice leadership clinical practice development.The course outcomes have been developed with the requirements of the NMC Standards of Specialist Education and Practice (NMC 2001), and on successful completion of the course you will be entered onto part 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register as a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (District Nurse).

Tuition fees

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£ 17,000per year

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University information

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    113th

  • Campus address

    Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Queen Margaret University Drive, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, Scotland

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QMU is a safe, friendly and compact university with an accessible and welcoming campus. Attractive student accommodation is located on campus.
It's just 6 minutes by train from the centre of Edinburgh, home of the famous International Festival. Many European cities are just a short flight away.
With a great reputation for the quality of learning, teaching, and research, QMU offers comprehensive student support, which includes career advice for life.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Nursing & Midwifery

    20th out of 81 22

  • Entry standards

    / Max 207
    158 76%

    3rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    100.0 100%

    1st

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.35 84%

    3rd

    26

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