Advanced Clinical Practice and Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)

Entry requirements

The normal requirements for embarking upon this course are:

• Possession of a degree, diploma, or equivalent
• A minimum of three years' experience working as a qualified nurse
• Currently working in practice for a minimum of 20 hours per week.

Months of entry

January, September, March

Course content

This Master's course embraces the International and National advanced clinical practice picture supporting the development of your knowledge and skills at an advanced level, to prepare you for your Advanced Clinical Practice or Advanced Nurse Practitioner role. You'll extend your analytical and reflective skills, as well as integrating new and existing clinical skills within your practice setting to provide high-quality healthcare within the multi-disciplinary healthcare team.

There are two pathways available, if you are a nurse then the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) qualification will be most suitable; for midwives, allied health professionals and other non-medical healthcare professionals, the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice route is appropriate. The final year of the course concentrates on a service improvement project enabling you to combine the clinical elements of your advanced clinical role with leadership/management and service development and improvement.

Information for international students

International students are welcome on this course if they are currently working in practice in the UK. Unfortunately we can not accept applications from international students unless you meet this criteria, this is due to the high level of interaction with clinical practice throughout the course. If international applicants would like to study this course you would need to do a conversion course which we do not offer at Bournemouth University, you would also need three years experience as a nurse in the UK.

If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you can understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements for this course are normally:

• IELTS (academic) 6.0 or above with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent.

Fees and funding

For fees and funding information, please visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/pg-funding

Qualification and course duration

PGDip

MSc