Nectar Presentation

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A Nurse for the 21st Century A Public Health
focussed-adult nursing degree Kay Hayden and
Cecilia Bennett University of Lincoln
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Our Changing World
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Why a Public Health focussed nursing degree?

• Addressing national and local changes in the
  context of healthcare delivery.
• Providing a primary care centered and public
  health focussed degree, ensuring that in the East
  Midlands pre-registration nurse education is
  relevant to the health needs of local
  communities.
• Responding to public health policy, workforce and
  demographic trends.

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Innovation in academic content
Degree qualification-research focussed Inter-prof
essional learning modules Service User
Perspectives. Contemporary Social Issues and
Practice. Professional and Interpersonal
Dimensions. Public Health focussed
modules Improving Health and Wellbeing. Principle
s and Practice of Public Health. Principles and
Practice of Nursing-module in each year,
including the NMC Essential Skills Clusters.
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Whats new in practice?

• Two thirds of the practice experience in Primary
  care.
• The initial clinical experience in primary or
  intermediate care.
• The second year fulfills the NMC requirements,
  including surgical and high dependency
  nursing.
• A four week public health placement with a public
  health specialist.
• In the final year students have a 6 month
  placement in primary care.
• Final management placement of 16 weeks offered in
  primary care.

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Public health is everywhere
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Public health is everywhere!
All aspects in the teaching and clinical practice
elements of the programme highlight public
health. All students undertake a four week
public health placement with a public health
specialist in a diverse range of work
placements Health Protection Agency, Substance
Misuse, Smoking Cessation, GU Medicine
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The future