Professional Nursing Advocate

Module

Attendance mode: Part-time
Start date(s): March, May
Duration: 4 months
Location: Blended learning

UK students can apply

Overview

The role of professional nurse advocate (PNA) was developed to:

meet the clinical need for restorative clinical supervision for nursing staff
facilitate service improvement to enhance staff and patient experience and safety

The PNA programme is a national initiative that aims to equip nurses with clinical and professional leadership skills and to lead quality improvement activities, creating a positive learning culture.

The module aims to:

prepare nurses to become autonomous trauma-informed practitioners, facilitating restorative clinical supervision in line with education standards for the Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) role
enable experienced nurses to enhance their knowledge and skill set to gain critical awareness of contemporary issues to become safe, competent, effective, and reflective PNAs
enable PNAs to advance service quality and patient care through the facilitation of supervisee education and development

Application deadlines

May 2025 entry

application deadline: 15 April 2025

March 2026 entry

application deadline: 15 February 2026

May 2026 entry

application deadline: 15 April 2026

Professional accreditation

The PNA programme at the University of Bradford is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing. This accreditation assures the teaching content meets the requirements of the RCN Education Standards for PNA and is designed specifically for the needs of the nursing workforce.

Entry requirements

UK NMC-registered nurses can apply.

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee

For courses starting in 2024/25:

15 credits (Level 7): £800

Additional costs

There may be additional costs that you may incur as a student. Though these are not essential to your programme of study you need to be aware of them as a student of the University. A list of the sort of costs you might expect can be found on our fees and finance section.

Financial support

See our fees and financial support section.

Postgraduate Master's Loan

If you live in England you may be able to apply for a special Government-funded Master's Loan to help pay your tuition fees and living costs.
You don't have to pay the loan back until you're earning a certain amount of money.

Scholarships

Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students on the basis of academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship. For full details, visit our scholarships section.

Your learning journey

Following the A-EQUIP framework, the University of Bradford PNA programme facilitates your skills of:

critical reflection
restorative supervision
leadership
quality improvement
educational development through problem-based learning

You will use immersive simulated digital technologies to enhance your learning experience.

You will have the opportunity to practice restorative clinical supervision in a safe environment, whilst developing the full skill set of the PNA role.

This is a 15-credit, M-Level (level 7) module.

Teaching, learning and assessment

Learning is facilitated through face-to-face and online interaction.

This includes active learning pedagogies, case studies and lectures, and the completion of a critically-reflective portfolio.

There are four synchronous contact days (three on campus) and five asynchronous study days where you will engage with learning materials and your learning peers to develop knowledge and prepare for seminars.

You will require a clinical supervisor with a PNA qualification.

This is the current course information. Modules and course details may change, subject to the University's programme approval, monitoring and review procedures. The University reserves the right to alter or withdraw courses, services and facilities as described on our website without notice and to amend Ordinances, Regulations, fees and charges at any time. Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when applying for their course of study.