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Postgraduate Diploma
Ipswich Main Campus
Full Time
Mar 2026
1 Year
Practitioners who undertake this programme will be highly motivated practitioners who demonstrate a strong commitment to developing District / Home Nursing practice based on the integration of critically appraised evidence with professional expertise. It is expected that students will have a wealth of previous experience which will be utilised, challenged and built upon. The programme embraces a facilitative approach to learning, coordinated to support the practice element at the centre of the programme.The curriculum in this programme has been developed to ensure that practitioners are prepared to respond to the demands of an advanced level of practice in the contemporary context of primary health care. All modules are mandatory and are mapped against the Standards for Specialist Education and Practice (District Nursing) (endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council) and also mapped against the education and practice standards developed for District Nursing by the Queens Nursing Institute (2015
