Program Overview

MSc Adult Nursing (Pre-registration)

Overview

This accelerated course aims to prepare existing graduates for an exciting and rewarding career as a Registered Nurse (Adult). You will undertake a range of theory modules across the 2-year program, complemented by clinical practice placements to allow you to develop the skills, knowledge, and experience required by nurses delivering healthcare across a wide range of clinical settings.

Course Structure

The course is delivered at the University of Suffolk Ipswich campus. Studying full-time on MSc Adult Nursing (Pre-registration), you are likely to have approximately 640 contact hours. The contact hours will be a mix of lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, and skills-based practical workshops. You will also be required to engage with guided study activities through the online learning platform Brightspace and other mandatory e-learning across various platforms. Due to the accelerated nature of the course, students will be expected to complete 43 hours of study per week (inclusive of: direct contact hours, preparing for contact sessions, online activity, assessment preparation, and independent study), to meet the required 2300 theory hours.

Course Modules

• Nursing in Society
• Health and Human Development 1
• Health and Human Development 2
• Adult Nursing Practice 1
• Managing Complex Care
• Leading and Managing Care
• Dissertation
• Adult Nursing Practice 2

Entry Requirements

UK Academic Requirements

• Applicants must hold at least a 2:2 in a science-based subject or a 2:1 for any other subject area
• Portfolio evidencing 750 hours of experience working/volunteering in a health/social care setting within the past 5 years (signed off by a manager)
• Applicants are required to hold five GCSEs at grade 4/C or above to include Mathematics and English (or equivalent)

Non-academic Requirements

• Successful interview
• Satisfactory health check
• Satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Two satisfactory references

International Requirements

• International students are welcome to apply but must have completed 750 hours in a clinical setting (signed off by your manager)
• IELTS 7.0 overall, and a minimum of 6.5 in each component
• Applicants whose first language is not English, but who have been living in the UK for 2 years or more will be expected to hold GCSE English at Grade C or above, (grade 4-9 for the new GCSEs) or the relevant Level 2 equivalent (if applicable)

Transferring Credit

• If you have previously studied at higher education level before you may be able to transfer credits to a related course at the University of Suffolk and reduce the period of study time necessary to achieve your degree

Career Opportunities

On successful completion of the course, you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This provides you with an internationally recognised professional qualification, and offers many different employment opportunities.

• Acute hospital Trusts, community nursing
• Hospice nursing
• Nursing in the private sector
• A career in research or a career in higher education

Your Course Team

• Dr Andrew Clifton
• Coral Richards
• David Atkinson
• Gillian Heard
• Hugo Machado
• Jenny Sewell
• Julie Blundell
• Mel Deal
• Krystle Cini
• Peter Brown
• Dr Rachel Heathershaw
• Rosie Kearton
• Tracy Fiddy
• Vicky Rutherford

Fees and Funding

• UK Full-time Tuition Fee: £10,215 per year
• UK Part-time Tuition Fee: £1,135 per 20 credit module
• International Full-time Tuition Fee: £18,470 per year, includes placement fee

Facilities and Resources

The Health and Wellbeing building provides students with a variety of state-of-the-art clinical simulation facilities, including two simulated hospital wards, a midwifery birthing unit, physiotherapy teaching spaces, a sports and exercise facility and a working radiography imaging suite. The building also hosts the Institute of Health and Wellbeing Research and the Integrated Care Academy.