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PgCert/PgDip/MSc
Children’s Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Location
Southwark

Duration
3 years (MSc). Step off option at the end of Year 1 (PgCert) or Year 2 (PgDip). Students may design their pathway in negotiation with the course director. All units are available to take as stand alone options.

Mode of study
Part-time

Start date
September

Number of places
20

Simple timetable info

Part-time: 1 day per week alternating each intake between Monday and Wednesday attendance

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
3147

Course contact
Claire Anderson
andersco@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8417

Maire Horstman
Principal Lecturer
horstmm@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8407

Course units – [subject to review in March 2009]

Year 1

– Underpinning Physiological Principles for ANP’s

– Advanced Assessment of the Presenting Child

– Non-Medical Prescribing

Year 2

– Research Methodology and Practice

– Children’s Work-based Learning Unit

– Innovations in Excellence

– Managing the Complex Presenting Child

Year 3

– Research Philosophies

– Dissertation or Practice Development Project

Optional units of study

– Cardiac Assessment in Childhood

– Developing Skills and Competence in Professional Practice through Work-based Learning

– Advancing Clinical Skills in Paediatric Respiratory Care

- Practice Development through Individual Learning South Thames Paediatric Retrieval Course delivered in collaboration with the Evelina Children’s Hospital at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

– Assessment of the Critically Ill Child

– Managing Complexity and Emergencies in Childhood: Developing the Retrieval Nurse Practitioner Role