This course has been developed to challenge, strengthen and lead practice at the forefront of health care provision in the 21st century; there are 3 specialist routes: Emergency nursing; primary health care; trauma and orthopaedic nursing; clinical work in assessing clients is a crucial part of student development, as is the ability to undertake physical patient examinations; students provide holistic care to patients in a way that promotes continuity and best practice; 2 of the modules deal with nurse prescribing: there are opportunities to use these modules to gain prescribing status.