University of Bedfordshire
| University of Bedfordshire | |
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| University of Bedfordshire Park Square Luton Bedfordshire LU1 3JU | Telephone : 01234 400 400 (switchboard) Email : admission@beds.ac.uk Website : University of Bedfordshire |
| Health, Sport & Biological Science : Return to Professional Practice | |
| Description: | This unit is designed to enable nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses to return to practice with confidence and competence. Therefore the unit adopts a flexible approach to learning and whilst this is in part determined by NMC requirements, this approach also reflects an appreciation for the constraints which returnees often have on their time. The unit will enable practitioners to experience practice in a health care setting agreed between them and a supporting practice provider. The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and to be supported in this. There is 40 hours of classroom contact time based around one day per week, 10.00 to 2.30, which will take place in either Luton or Aylesbury. Wherever possible this is within school term time only. A minimum of 75 hours within clinical practice is required for nurses and for returning midwives clinical hours will be determined by the Local Supervising Authority. The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and will be supported in this. Areas of study include: * Research * Study skills and personal effectiveness * Health and social policy * Quality care and clinical governance * NMC Code of Conduct * Record keeping * Nursing theory * Drug calculations * Legal issues. |
| Contact: | Val McNiffe |
| Telephone: | 01582 743805 |
| Email: | val.mcniffe@beds.ac.uk |
| Qualification Information: | Undertaking a Return to Practice programme is a mandatory requirement for those practitioners who are unable to meet the PREP (CPD) practice standard (NMC 2002). For the most part practitioners will have a lapsed registration, however others with live registration may also seek to undertake this module and are not excluded. |
| Entry Requirements: | Students must have been out of practice for 5 years or its equivalent under NMC rules. A break in service is defined by the NMC as practising by virtue of a specific qualification, for fewer than 100 working days, or 750 hours, in the preceding five years. |
| Venue: | Hospital Site. |
| Further Information: | Start - September/ February (part-time), duration 1 semester. |
| Website: | http://www.beds.ac.uk/courses/bysubject/heacar/credit-retpropra |