Overview

Advancing nursing knowledge, skills and attributes are essential to underpin professional practice.

This Nursing - Advancing Professional Practice programme from Glasgow Caledonian University recognises the ever-changing complexity of care and offers a range of flexible and elective study options, which are educationally responsive to changing direction of global and UK policy. Exit awards include a flexible programme - MSc Nursing: Advancing Professional Practice, and pathways for MSc/PgD Nursing: Advancing Professional Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) and MSc Nursing: Advancing Professional Practice (District Nursing).

Contributing staff on the MSc Nursing: Advancing Professional Practice course are active in leading research and policy development in collaboration with groups such as; Association of Advanced Practice Educators (AAPEUK), International Council of Nurses ANP group, Health Literacy UK, International Union of Health Promotion and Education, Queens Nursing Institute, NHS Education for Scotland, British Heart Foundation.

Graduate prospects

The programme will give you the skills and experience you need to develop your career and to act as a leader and innovator in the field of advanced nursing. This academic award will enhance your employability for opportunities in a number of roles, including advanced nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, public health and researchers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Decision Making in Acute Care

Advanced Research Methods

Applied Pathophysiology for Advancing Professional Practice

Applied Statistics and Data Analysis for Public Health

Challenges in Contemporary Global Health Care

Chronic Heart Failure: Optimising Health and Wellbeing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-24 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

78

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PTE Academic

59

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OTE

121

IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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78

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59

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121

IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Minimum academic requirements:

UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent). Must be a registered nurse.
English language requirements

IELTS score of 6.5 (or equivalent) with no element below 6.0.

Relevant experience (RPL):

GCU's flexible entry policies exist to allow relevant work experience and prior learning to be considered towards standard entry or advanced entry into a course.
If you do not have the typical academic entry qualifications, but can demonstrate relevant work experience and/or credits from recognised professional bodies, you may be eligible to enter this course via the University's Recognition of Prior Learning scheme.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

16200 GBP / year

≈ 16200 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

7300 GBP / year

≈ 7300 GBP / year

Additional Details

RUK: £7,300

Living costs

Glasgow

United Kingdom

620 - 1012 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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