Program Overview

Adult Nursing Blended Learning (pre-registration) MSc

Course Overview

Develop your skills in forming therapeutic relationships, promoting patient involvement in decision-making, safeguarding and addressing comprehensive health needs for all ages.

What You'll Study

This course will deliver eight theoretical modules, each six weeks in duration, and four field-specific clinical placement modules of longer duration.

• Becoming a Professional Practitioner – 15 credits
• Evaluating Evidence within Health and Care – 15 credits
• Exploring Wider Influences on Health and Care – 15 credits
• Assessment and Decision-making in Adult Nursing – 15 credits
• Placement 1: Delivering Nursing Care – 15 credits
• Placement 2: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care – 15 credits
• The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project – 15 credits
• Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional – 15 credits
• Therapeutic Interventions and Innovations in Adult Nursing – 15 credits
• Coordinating Complex Care within Adult Nursing – 15 credits
• Placement 3: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care – 15 credits
• Placement 4: Practising Autonomously – 15 credits

How You'll Learn

Teaching and learning methods may include:

• Online lectures
• Clinical simulation
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Online tutorials
• Online learning materials
• Practical clinical work in a practice setting

Entry Requirements

• UK: An honours degree 2:2 or above in a health-related subject
• GCSE Grades 4/C or above in English and maths
• Satisfactory health clearance, confirmation of vaccination status and enhanced criminal record disclosure

Fees and Funding

• UK students: 2025/26 fees TBC, 2024/25 fees - £9,250 per year
• All eligible students on this course may qualify for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year, with additional payments for students incurring childcare costs

Facilities

• Alison Gingell Building
• Mock hospital wards
• Community houses
• Simulation facilities
• Mock hospital ward
• Realistic scenarios

Careers and Opportunities

This course aims to deliver accountable professionals able to thrive in dynamic multidisciplinary teams who can demonstrate leadership, influence, and supervision through adept relationship management and emotional intelligence.

• Apply for registration as an adult nurse through the consistent demonstration of the knowledge, skills, level of proficiency and behaviours required to meet the professional standards set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Act as an autonomous and accountable adult nurse who can apply relevant legal and ethical frameworks and requirements towards ensuring safe and effective care delivery within the scope of their professional practice
• Critically evaluate evidence from diverse sources to inform, rationalise and improve nursing care delivery whilst developing skills to support continued professional validation and life-long learning
• Apply evidenced-based approaches towards sustaining and enhancing the wellbeing of individuals, communities, and populations
• Utilise effective communication strategies that enable informed choices to protect and promote health
• Demonstrate the qualities of an influential leader who can proactively develop professional relationships, supervise, and work collaboratively with others, towards improving care outcomes
• Lead in the coordination of care across a range of unpredictable and complex environments

Accreditation and Professional Recognition

This course is accredited by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)