Program Overview

Nursing Studies (Adult) Pre-registration MSc

Overview

As an adult nurse, you are an important member of a multi-professional team, working in partnership with families and carers of those experiencing acute and long-term physical illness and/or disabilities. This course provides a unique opportunity for motivated graduates with healthcare experience to work towards professional registration within two years and prepares you for a fulfilling and successful career in adult nursing.

Course Details

Year 1 Core Modules

• RPL portfolio: Evidenced through the successful production of an RPL portfolio in accordance with University procedures.

Year 2 Core Modules

• A Partnership in Care – Valuing the Experts by Experience: You will gain the requisite skills needed to analyze, conduct, and assess qualitative research within the applied psychology setting.
• Contemporary Public Health in Nursing Practice: You gain the knowledge, skills, and understanding of the nurse’s role in health improvement locally, nationally, and globally.
• Developing a Skilled and Compassionate Adult Nurse: This module runs across the academic year and facilitates your nursing skills development.
• Integrating Evidence-based Decision Making in Adult Nursing: You are introduced to evidence-based integrated decision-making theories and their application to adult nursing practice in a variety of settings within the context of healthcare.

Final-year Core Modules

• Biopsychosocial Assessment and Decision Making in Adult Nursing: Building on what you have learned in year 2, you further develop the complexity of your clinical decision-making skills, across the age continuum.
• Leading Innovative Evidence-Based Nursing: Utilizing clinical and research-related knowledge, you identify a question to research, find an evidence-based solution, and demonstrate the leadership skills that are required to make a successful sustainable change in practice.

How You Learn

The workload is demanding and requires you to be a highly motivated, engaged, and self-directed learner. You spend 50% of your time studying the theory, while the other 50% is spent in practice placements. The course uses a blended learning approach, with face-to-face learning within university and open distance learning in an environment conducive to your individual learning style.

How You Are Assessed

A variety of assessment methods consider different learning styles, including written assignments, presentations, and timed exams. The assessments help you develop the transferable skills sought by managers within the NHS, such as delivering presentations, developing a business case, designing and defending posters, and action plans, being able to engage in personal reflection, and writing for publication.

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of two GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above, including English and maths.
• A degree with a 2:2 classification or above.
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) portfolio of evidence, demonstrating how you have achieved the NMC outcomes for year 1 of the course.
• Evidence that you have worked a minimum of 500 hours within a health or social care setting, either paid or voluntary.

Employability

A diverse range of career opportunities are available within the NHS and private sectors in the UK and overseas. This course provides a stepping stone from which you can develop your expertise. You have the opportunity to explore future career and academic development opportunities, including becoming an NMC professional registrant, plus possible progression to becoming a non-medical prescriber, an advanced practitioner, alumni member, or graduate researcher.

Work Placement

At the beginning of the course, you are allocated a ‘Home Trust’ and you attend a Trust Induction before starting your first practice placement. We offer placements that cover a large geographical area to provide diverse and rewarding learning experiences, so you must be prepared to travel to gain experience of the adult journey, independent sector, and agency provision.

Tuition Fees

• UK applicants: £9,535 per year
• International applicants: £17,000 per year

Professional Accreditation

On successful completion of the course, you are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the nurses' part of the Professional Register (Adult Nursing).