Could You Be the Next Florence Nightingale?
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Duration 2 weeks
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Weekly study 6 hours
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Explore the responsibility of a nurse in public health
Some consider Florence Nightingale the founder of modern nursing. Within the scientific community she is credited for initiating nursing training and education programmes, but rarely acknowledged as a social reformer and public health campaigner.
Arguably, public health and the promotion of health and well-being is now at the centre of national and global agendas. This course reflects on the value of nurses as promoters of health.
What topics will you cover?
Week 1 – Going upstream
- Determinants of health
- Changing practice
- The future of public health
Week 2 – Health promotion in practice
- The nurse as a promoter of health
- The nurse as a health promoter
When would you like to start?
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
Who is the course for?
If you are an experienced nurse wanting or needing to extend the value of nurses as promoters of health, this course is for you.
Who will you learn with?
Pauline Lilley
I am a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Coventry University, where I teach public health, and a registered nurse, midwife and health visitor. I have an interest in child and family health and wellbeing.
Who developed the course?
Coventry secured gold in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is University of the Year for Student Experience in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
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What's different about this course?
Since 2017 you have been able to take a degree on FutureLearn. This free course is a bit like a starter course for a degree — it should give you a flavour of the degree subject but can also be your first step towards a degree qualification.
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Which program and degree is this course part of?
This course is part of the program Nursing and Public Health, which is one of the building blocks that leads to a degree in MSc Nursing.
This program will encourage you to think critically about the improvement of population health and wellbeing and the role of nursing in public health.
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