Nursing (Learning Disability) MSc draft

Program Overview

Keele University's Master's in Nursing (Learning Disability) prepares nurses to work with individuals with learning disabilities, focusing on competence and confidence in care. The program emphasizes practical placement experience, with 50% of the curriculum dedicated to hands-on learning. Graduates gain the skills to support individuals in leading healthy and valued lives, meeting the objectives set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Program Outline

Keele University Masters in Nursing (Learning Disability): Extracted Information

Degree Overview:

• This program aims to prepare qualified postgraduate nurses with a Master of Science degree to work as registered learning disability nurses (RNLDs).
• The program focuses on achieving competence and confidence in caring for individuals with learning disabilities while supporting their health and promoting wellbeing.
• Upon completion, graduates will gain the necessary skill set to support individuals to lead healthy and valued lives.
• The learning approach emphasizes practical placement experience to equip students with the skills required to support individuals with a learning disability.
• The learning is split between 50% theory and 50% practice with 90 credits allocated to each year of the two-year program.
• There are 4 compulsory modules per year for both years of the program.

Objectives (as presented in the curriculum and by NMC in 2018):

• To deliver safe, competent, evidence-based nursing practice
• To adopt professional values, attitudes, and behaviors
• Develop interpersonal communication and leadership skills.
• Understand the effective team-working principles.
• Enhance management and leadership skill development.
• Demonstrate competence in research and be able to manage projects independently (dissertation)

Outline:

The Master's in Nursing (Learning Disability) program consists of several modules across different learning environments:

Year 1:

Core Modules (with descriptions):

• Nursing Care in Context and Health Promotion (30 Credits):
This module explores philosophical, theoretical, ethical, legal and societal aspects of healthcare delivery alongside health promotion strategies relating to demographics, epidemiology and genomics.
• Masters Clinical Nursing Practice 2 (15 Credits):
Further develop knowledge and skills in a clinical practice setting relating to Learning disabilities by managing complex healthcare needs of people with learning disabilities, prioritizing needs, understanding major and serious incidents management in practice, understanding critical incident and complaints investigation procedures.

Year 2:

• Core Modules (with descriptions):
• Dissertation (30 Credits):
The dissertation focuses on research skills development as a postgraduate learner for independent synthesis of literature findings. Research topics are to be chosen based on interests and to provide recommendations for practice improvement in the context of learning disabilities field of nursing and nursing practice.
• Masters Clinical Nursing Practice 3 (15 Credits):
Consolidates nursing practice, focusing on leading nursing care for people with complex needs, managing teams to support a group of people, prioritizing needs and delegating, applying research to evidence-based practice, using safe clinical judgment and decision-making.
• Masters Clinical Nursing Practice 4 (15 Credits):
Consolidate nursing knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to become an accountable professional future registered nurse needed. Develop presentation skills in practice. Reflecting own leadership qualities in practice.
• Leadership in Nursing Practice (15 Credits):
Develop further knowledge of leadership principles within nursing practice, reflecting on personal leadership style while considering cost effectiveness in providing nursing care, alongside how a business case could impact funding initiatives for specific nursing practices within a Learning Disability nursing field setting.
• Clinical Judgement and Decision Making (15 Credits):
The module focuses on key nursing skills for developing appropriate clinical judgment and decision-making skills which are crucial in registered professional nurse role for safe care management of people. Students develop tools assessment to assist in judgement about people’s healthcare needs in the learning disability context.

Changes in modules will be informed during admission process.

• Assessment:
• Assessments vary based on the individual modules within the program.
• Report writing, simulation activities
• MCQ exams and case studies, reflective writing and presentations,
• developing a research proposals and a full dissertation project
• All modules aim towards deep learning that includes subject specific knowledge and transferable skill set development.

UK Full Time - £9,250 per year International Full Time - £17,100 per year