Program Overview

Adult Nursing BSc (Hons)

Course Overview

This degree combines theoretical and practice-based learning to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as an adult nurse.

What You'll Study

You will cover:

• Practical skills relating to assessing and caring for people in your care
• Evidence-based care
• Your role and responsibility as an adult nurse
• Knowledge and skills to maintain the health and wellbeing of others
• Leadership and working within the multi-disciplinary team

Modules

Year One

• Becoming a Professional Practitioner – 20 credits
• Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context – 20 credits
• Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery – 20 credits
• Understanding Influences on Health and Care – 20 credits
• Placement 1: Introduction to Nursing Care – 20 credits
• Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care – 20 credits

Year Two

• Therapeutic Interventions in Adult Nursing – 20 credits
• Complex Decision-Making within Adult Nursing Environments – 20 credits
• Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity – 20 credits
• Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care – 20 credits
• Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care – 20 credits
• Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care – 20 credits

Year Three

• Complex Care Coordination in Adult Nursing – 20 credits
• Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional – 20 credits
• The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project – 20 credits
• Preparing for your Career in Nursing – 20 credits
• Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care – 20 credits
• Placement 6: Practising Autonomously – 20 credits

How You'll Learn

We understand that everyone learns differently, so this course will consist of structured teaching sessions which may include:

• On-campus lectures, seminars and workshops
• Group work
• Self-directed learning
• Practice-based learning
• Simulation

Teaching Contact Hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 20 credit module requires a total of 200 hours study. This is made up of teaching contact hours, guided and independent study.

Assessment

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods may include:

• Coursework
• Practice placement
• Formal examinations
• Assessed discussions
• Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
• Presentations

Entry Requirements

Typical entry requirements:

• UK: 112 UCAS points, A level BBC, GCSE maths, English and one science at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2
• BTEC: DMM in a health, sport or science-based subject
• IB Diploma: 27 points to include 14 points at Higher level
• Access to HE: The Access to HE Diploma in a health or science subject to include 24 Level 3 credits at Distinction in health units

Fees and Funding

• UK: £9,535 per year
• A non-repayable grant of £5,000 and extra payments worth up to £3,000 may be available to eligible students for each year of study

Facilities

Our multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building features a range of mock healthcare settings, including hospital wards, ambulance, therapy suites and community houses, giving you the opportunity to replicate real-life situations before you go on placement.

Careers and Opportunities

On graduating successfully from this course, and providing you also meet the NMC requirements, you can apply for registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), additional costs apply. Successful registration enables you to practise immediately.

Many of our graduates find employment as qualified nurses in the NHS with a growing emphasis on community settings, in acute hospitals, military nursing, in the private and independent healthcare sector, in private hospitals, nursing or care homes. As your career progresses a number of options may open to you for example as a lecturer or specialist practitioner, advanced nurse practitioner, consultant nurse or manager.