Nursing Associate: University of Salford (FdSc/Lvl 5)
The Nursing Associate is a highly trained support role designed to deliver effective, safe and responsive nursing care in and across a wide range of health and care settings.
Course Overview
- This course focuses on developing highly compassionate and quality personnel to provide care under the guidance of a registered nurse or associate. Whilst working as a part of a team designated to deliver patient care. The learning experience is provided through hands on practical experience, driven by purpose, and is performed in state of the art simulation facilities.
- The first year you will spend 50% of your time at university, studying six modules in total throughout the programme. The first year will comprise of modules such as; Foundations of Health and Wellbeing, Application of Skills to Support Health and Wellbeing 1 and 2. These modules will allow students to develop their professionalism, and interpersonal skills. Whilst finding out more about human anatomy, person-centred care, and safeguarding.
- The second year of the programme will include modules such as; Preparation for Professional Practice, Exploring Specific Health Issues and Developing and Changing Practice. These modules will develop knowledge of long-term conditions, medication management, coaching, service improvement and nursing interventions.
- Upon completion of this course it will prepare you with the practical experience and knowledge required to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), as a nursing associate. You will gain the experience and knowledge to work in all four fields of nursing. You will also be able to work within a range of community, acute care, social and primary care settings within the NHS, public, private and voluntary sectors.
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