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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 9 months Part-Time

Masters Degree Description

The course will provide opportunity for healthcare professionals to be forward thinking practitioners who are armed with ability to utilise current evidence-based practice and to problem solve in a more autonomous manner. When healthcare practitioners are more knowledgeable, they can challenge practice in order to advance patient care.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have a relevant degree.

Applicants must be currently employed within a critical care environment and remain in that employment throughout the duration of the course.

The Course Leader will use discretion to accept applications based on previous experience aligned to Step 1 and Step 2 competencies confirmed by line manager or education lead from the named Health Board. Applicants can only study this course with the permission and support of their employers.

Applicants must hold a professional registration with the NMC or HCPC and be active on that said register and must have completed Step 1 competencies.

Applicants will normally have 18 months critical care experience. Applicants with a minimum of 12 months experience will be considered if appropriate evidence of professional development is provided (e.g. completion of Step 1 competencies).

Applicants whose first language is not English are normally required to have IELTS 6.5 (preferably with a high mark in the written component). This course is not open to the international market but is available to international nurses already settled in the UK and working within one of the Health Board.

Additional Requirements: Applicants must be currently employed within a critical care environment and remain in that employment throughout the duration of the course. Their employment must nominate them and support them for the duration of the course.

Fees

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Student Destinations

Applied science to the assessment of the critically ill patient

Advancing Assessment and Management of the Critically Ill

Contemporary Issues in Critical Care 

 

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