Neonatal Special and High Dependency Care - Level 7 - MW0713
Available for Commission

Designed by a multi-professional team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Midwives, Social Care Staff and Medical practitioners our range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is tailored towards individuals who are driving and enabling practice development in NHS North East.

Northumbria is the principal provider of nurse education in the North East of England and was named Nurse Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) for three consecutive years by Student Nursing Times.

We have excellent relationships with partner services in health, social care and social work and our range of CPD provision supports practitioners and managers to engage in professional learning and then examine how this can be integrated in the practice arena.

You will learn through lectures, seminars, group work, use of on-line resources and discussion boards, supported by group/individual tutorials. This varied approach allows you as an individual and with Neonatal colleagues from many units to question the knowledge base that underpins Neonatal care and informs your professional role.

Working within one unit can limit your ability to question practice.However, as all students in the module are from Neonatal units, and all share similar approaches to care, you can discuss different approaches with likeminded individuals, to identity areas for improvement and development in your specific area. Also, as units vary in intensity you will discuss practice and the evidence base underpinning the care of infants you may not care for. The module runs at level 6 (graduate certificate) and level 7 (Masters level post graduate certificate). Students from both levels are taught together to reinforce the collaborative and sharing approach to learning through seminars and discussion.

The level of inquiry, critique and ability to synthesis new knowledge and understanding in the summative final assignment is what separates the two levels. This level being a 3000-word case study of an infant receiving specialist and high dependency care.

This course is based at our Coach Lane Campus where you will have access to cutting-edge facilities with technology embedded through all aspects of your CPD course.

You will have access to 24/7 generic IT support and access to the full range of student administration and support services offered by Northumbria University which includes library and learning support outlined fully in the module handbook.

Northumbria University has been ranked in the top quartile in the UK for research power in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. Additionally, more than 80% of our research activity in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014).