Professional/Short course Neonatal Critical Care

Entry year
2024/25
Course code
Z51000091
Application
University
Level
Professional/Short Course
School
School of Health and Social Wellbeing
Campus
UH Bristol Education Centre
Delivery
Blended delivery of face-to-face/online
Course Director
Roopa Bhatt

20 and 40 credit level 6 and level 7 modules

Page last updated 12 October 2023

Introduction

You may be able to study these modules at Level 6 (BSc level) or Level 7 (Masters level) depending on your academic circumstances. Please contact the CPD Team or the Module Leader for advice if you are unsure which level would be best for you.

The Neonatal Critical Care course is made up of two CPD modules which can be studied at either level 3 (Degree) or Level M (Masters).

These modules are:

  • The Practice of Neonatal Critical Care (40 credits)
  • The Principles of Neonatal Critical Care (20 credits).

Entry requirements

To apply, you must be NMC registered and working in a neonatal unit.

Careers / Further study

The Level 6 module can contribute towards:

  • BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
  • BSc(Hons) Health and Social Care
  • MSc Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
  • MSc Advanced Practice
  • Professional Development Award

The level 7 module can contribute towards:

  • MSc Specialist Practice (District Nursing)
  • MSc Advanced Practice
  • Professional Development Awards

Structure

Content

In line with the Department of Health (DH) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) recommendations, the modules encourage the achievement of professional proficiency through reflection, discussion, debate, evaluation, critical analysis and development of clinical expertise.

Competence in delivering a high standard of neonatal care falls under the following core dimensions:

  • Communication and interpersonal relationships
  • Personal, professional and people development
  • Health, safety and security
  • Service development
  • Quality
  • Equality, diversity and rights
  • Responsibility for holistic patient care

Core clinical skills for neonatal nurses include:

  • Fluid, electrolyte, nutrition and elimination management
  • Neurological, pain and stress management
  • Respiratory and cardiovascular management
  • Thermoregulation, skin, hygiene and infection prevention/processesgulation
  • Managing and supporting the family
  • Investigations and procedures as applied to neonatal nursing
  • Use of equipment as applied to neonatal nursing
  • End of life and palliative neonatal care
  • Surgical interventions in the neonatal period

Professional critical analysis related to

  • Risk assessment and critical incident management
  • Use of validated tools for effective assessment and evaluation
  • Application of service enhancement frameworks and governance to enhance decision making
  • Ethical, social and legal issues which impact on neonatal service provision
  • Scope of accountability, leadership and practice enhancement
  • Interprofessional and advanced communication.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching will be delivered using a variety of approaches which include:

  • lectures
  • seminars
  • experts from and recipients of neonatal services
  • e-learning
  • analysis of case studies
  • explorative workshops.

Assessment

The assessment strategy has been developed in negotiation with the neonatal critical care network to ensure parity against national standards in neonatal services.

Features

Study facilities

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Prices and dates

Supplementary fee information

Please visit full fee information to see the price brackets for our modules.

Please note: Priority will be given to applications received through our funded educational contracts.  Places on this module will be limited for applications received outside of this funding.  Please check with your employer as a funded contract place may still be available to support your learning.

Dates

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How to apply

How to apply


Please click on the Apply Now button to apply for your CPD module, which you can take as a stand-alone course or as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate (Masters level) programme.

Please note: Priority will be given to applications received through our funded educational contracts.  Places will be limited, for applications received, outside of this funding.  Please check with your employer as a funded contract place may still be available to support your learning.

Extra information

If the course you are applying for is fully online or blended learning, please note that you are expected to provide your own headsets/microphones.

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