This honours degree route with the ENB Higher Award for existing Community Health Nurses is intended to equip practitioners to deal with the diversity and unpredictability of the new world of primary health care. Education is fundamental to meeting the contemporary needs of practitioners within their expanding scope of professional practice. The course is modular offering 120 credits at level 3.
Students study ten theoretical modules of which five are compulsory.
The compulsory modules are research methodology research proposal professional studies health economics, policy and management abuse and vulnerability. Five further modules may be selected from the portfolio of modules available and focused on community issues. Study Commitment Attendance is flexible according to the modular timetable. For practitioners working to complete in two years, attendance is on Tuesdays in year one and Mondays in year two. Once indexed for the ENB Higher Awards practitioners may take up to 5 years to complete all modules.