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Study Details: MSc Full-time: 2 years
If you are already a registered adult nurse, you could advance your knowledge and skills as an autonomous practitioner with our NMC-approved programme. Become a registered midwife providing universal care for mother and baby, enabling you to pursue a variety of career pathways as a registered midwife.
Why study this course?
Available to registered adult nurses, this course will allow you to change your career from nursing to midwifery. The course will enable you to practice safely and effectively, to provide care for women and babies and upon successful graduation register as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Midwives are autonomous practitioners and offer specialist support to mothers from the antenatal to the postnatal period, working with a range of healthcare professionals to promote the best interests of a mother and their baby. This course has been designed to encourage you to think critically and apply evidence to underpin your clinical practice. It will provide you with a wide base of knowledge aligned to national policy and has been developed to meet the NMC’s education requirements for the future midwife. It will enable you to be confident in using an evidence-based approach to support decision-making in complex mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural situations.
Inter-professional learning opportunities are embedded throughout the programme, enabling you to learn with different professions to expand your knowledge and develop your ability to work across various teams – an essential skill to learn to operate as a safe and compassionate midwife.
Whether you want to step up the career ladder, change paths or pursue your passion for a subject you love, you can transform your world with postgraduate study at the University of Derby.
Located in the heart of England, Derby has great transport links with the rest of the UK. This central position means that the city has a long-standing reputation for innovation and industry. We have strong connections with a range of regional employers to support your studies through applied learning, guest lectures and other opportunities.
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Antenatal Care and Public Health in Contemporary Midwifery Practice; Facilitating Normal Childbirth; Principles of Postnatal and Neonatal Care; Clinical Practice One; Management of Obstetric Emergencies and Complications of Childbirth; Independent Review of Midwifery Practice; Clinical Practice Two
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