MSc/PgDip/PgCert

Advanced Practice (Neonatal)

3 good reasons to study Advanced Practice (Neonatal) at Salford

Be at the forefront of neonatal practice
Develop the advanced knowledge and skills to care for sick, high-dependent or critically ill neonates
Taught by subject experts in the field

This is a clinically based modular course. Clinical skills will be developed in tertiary units and the academic element will be taught at the University. It aims to enhance the knowledge and skills essential for advanced practice in neonatal care and is designed so that by the end, you will be able to work autonomously as a competent advanced neonatal practitioner within a multidisciplinary team.

Course details

Our modules will expose you to a range of approaches and processes of conducting and appraising research as well as providing you with the necessary skills and knowledge that will help you develop within an inter-professional framework.

You will learn to:

Critically analyse and implement measures to meet cultural, sociological, physiological and behavioural needs of the neonate and the needs of the family
Critically determine and provide expert clinical management skills to the sick newborn infant
Assimilate and systematically apply knowledge of the relevant physiology and pathophysiology of specific systems into the specialist care of the neonate

Evaluate and facilitate the diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of infants with chronic and acute medical and surgical conditions.

Full-time

Year 1, Semester 1

Neonatal Practice A (30 credits)

This module advances your academic and clinical development to provide diagnostic and therapeutic management to the neonate requiring special and neonatal intensive care.

Neonatal Practice B (30 credits)

This module will further advance your academic and clinical development and includes renal physiology and fluid balance, congenital abnormality and management, antenatal/neonatal screening, the dysmorphic infant and immunology.

Semester 2

Contextualising Advanced Practice (30 credits)

Using a work-based learning approach, this module provides a framework for you to consolidate your advanced practice and critically reflect on your development. You will cover strategies for knowledge and skill acquisition, local health issues, the wider health care setting and role issues.

Research Methods (30 credits)

This module helps you develop a rigorous approach to research and prepares you for undertaking the dissertation module

Semester 3

Dissertation (60 credits)

This module provides you with the experience of carrying out a systematic and structured piece of research/scholarly enquiry and develops your critical and evaluative research skills in relation to your own professional practice and organisational setting.

Part-time

Year 1, Semester 1

Neonatal Practice A (30 credits)

Year 1, Semester 2

Neonatal Practice B (30 credits)

Year 1, Semester 3

Contextualising Advanced Practice (30 credits)

Year 2, Semester 1

Research Methods (30 credits)

Year 2, Semester 2 and 3

Dissertation (60 credits)

Course Enquiries

For course enquiries please call us on:

T: +44 (0) 161 295 4545

Or Email us at:

Home/EU students
E: enquiries@salford.ac.uk

International students
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