Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Additional Field of Practice (SCPHN) (School Nursing) University of Surrey

Overview

On successful completion the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Additional Field of Practice (SCPHN) (School Nursing) short course offered at the University of Surrey you would be equipped to work in the additional field of practice of school nursing.

Key facts

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate professional autonomy to adapt responses to the health and wellbeing of people within the home and communities whilst being sensitive to different cultural perspectives and advocating for those who are most vulnerable.
• Critique, generate and apply evidence and information that seeks to promote health and prevent ill health and disability and propose and evaluate public health interventions.
• Advocate for school-aged children and young people, addressing inequalities whilst undertaking holistic assessment that considers the impact of home, school and family.
• Understand the impact of socio-economic factors when working in partnership with clients and their families to empower school-aged children and young people to manage their health choices and behaviours to prevent ill-health through appropriate interventions.
• Work collaboratively with members of the inter- professional team, statutory and voluntary agencies to promote healthy environments and cultures and evaluate the impact of these.
• Lead, manage and coordinate safe and effective universal services, early help interventions and provide targeted interventions to school-aged children and young people when needed whilst working with interagency teams.