AdvDip(CPD) Principles of Adult Care Home Nursing (HE7)

• To undertake this course, you must offer current professional registration as a health or social care practitioner.
• Normally, you'll need to provide evidence of post-registration experience in professional practice and a first degree in nursing. We may also consider your application if you have undertaken study at level HE6 recently.
• Current employment in an appropriate role in a community nursing setting will be an advantage.
• You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
• If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.
• Please note that this course is subject to the University of Bolton's Fitness to Practise procedure.

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

This course offers academic progression in the specialist field of adult community nursing practice.

Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £800 for the academic year 2023/24.

Overseas students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Overseas fee of £800 for the academic year 2023/24.

Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2022-2023 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.

Bursaries

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This advanced professional development course adopts a blended learning approach. It uses theoretical and practice-based learning to develop your skills and place this within the context of your residents' care.

Lectures introduce topics and involve a mixture of theory and case-based discussions around clinical scenarios. We'll expect you to undertake self-directed learning following the lectures to explore each topic in greater depth. You'll also need to develop a practice portfolio to consider current research evidence and use this to inform your clinical practice. A range of relevant web-based resources will be available via Moodle, the University's virtual learning environment, to support you in completing this work at a time and place that is convenient to you. These activities are designed to help you fully develop the underpinning knowledge required to complete the assessments.

Formative assessment supports your learning but does not contribute to your final mark. You'll receive feedback from your tutors and peers that allows you to reflect on your progress and identify what you are doing well and where you may need extra help. Summative assessment will involve a written essay and portfolio. These elements will contribute to your final mark. Before submitting these assessments, you'll have the opportunity to gain feedback on your draft work with tutorial time so you can ask questions.

Modules

• Principles of Adult Care Home Nursing

Assessment methods

Learning activities

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.