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PgDip in Specialist Practice (District Nursing)

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

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  • Qualification

    Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip

  • Location

    Queen Margaret University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

District nurses provide complex care for people and support for family members. While they are autonomous practitioners, district nurses 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 skills’ and meet the proficiencies for postgraduate community nurses as defined in the seven platforms of the SPQ Standards.The course outcomes have been developed with the requirements of the NMC Standards of Proficiency for community nursing specialist practice qualifications (NMC 2022), and on successful completion of the course you will be invited by the NMC to record your SPQ DN qualification on their Register.

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University information

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    102nd

  • Campus address

    Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Queen Margaret University Drive, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, United Kingdom

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QMU is a safe, friendly and compact university with an accessible and extremely welcoming campus. Attractive, modern student accommodation is located on campus.
It's a 6-minute train ride from Edinburgh city centre – home of the famous Edinburgh International Festival – with many European cities a quick 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

    42nd out of 86 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    162 80%

    2nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    91.0 91%

    75th

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.42 86%

    6th

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