Edge Hill chosen for new nursing programme
EDGE Hill University is one of three sites in England chosen to deliver the National Accelerated MSc preregistration nursing programme.
This is a national pilot between Cheshire and Wirral Partnership, Mersey Care and North West Boroughs Partnership and Edge Hill on mental health and learning disability nursing.
The delivery of the two year National Accelerated Nursing Programme builds upon two previous programmes where an accelerated MSc in nursing was delivered in partnership with Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust, and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
This programme is unique in working with local NHS trusts to provide students with the opportunity to recognise their prior degree qualification and experience of working in a care setting, supported by an additional year of supported learning in practice post qualifi- have shown a strong commitment to cation. improving patient care within the field
It also exposes them to different types of mental health and learning disability and different levels of nursing. nursing.
There are 10 students on this course “They are a distinct set of students at Edge Hill – five mental health nurses who are bringing their past experience and five learning disability nurses – and and critical thinking to their new area of they have a guaranteed job working practice, challenging and contributing with one of the trusts for a year following to the improvement of care. graduation. “As a group they will, along with the
Leading the project is senior lecturer other pilots, share their learning and in strategic and operational leadership experiences with Health England, and Lynda Carey, who said: “The students NHS England national team in addition to senior nurses in the local NHS trusts and the faculty.”
The faculty of health and social care is one of the leading providers of education and training for health and social care professionals in the North West.
Facilities include ward simulations and operating theatres with industry standard equipment, as well as robotstyle mannequins that can simulate a wide range of symptoms to ensure that the learning experience is as realistic as possible.