Program Overview

Pre-Registration Adult Nursing MSc

Overview

The MSc Pre-registration Nursing allows you to gain a professional nurse qualification and register with the NMC. The course provides you with the skills and knowledge to provide person-centred compassionate care and is an exciting opportunity for graduates to undertake a professional qualification as an Adult Nurse whilst studying for a Master’s degree.

Course Details

• Level: Postgraduate
• UCAS Code: B7AM
• Start date: Sept 2025, Sept 2026
• Duration: 2 years
• Location: Wheeler, Chester
• UK fees: £19,070 for the full course (2025/26)
• International fees: £15,000 per year (2025/26)

Course Summary

The course is delivered by experienced registered nurses who have expertise in both teaching and research and a variety of clinical specialities, including all four fields of nursing across acute and community settings. The team work closely with local acute and community providers to ensure that the course remains contemporary.

Why You’ll Love It

• A course that prepares you for clinical practice
• Research and clinically informed teaching
• Cutting-edge simulation suites

What You’ll Study

• Year 1: Explores the requirements to become a 21st Century nurse, developing your skills and knowledge of field and generic nursing.
• Year 2: Develops your leadership and supervision skills, focusing on your chosen field of nursing (Adult) and exploring complex care.

Modules

• Numeracy Competency for Registration
  • Module content: Application of numeracy including weight, volume, drug calculations, interpretation of measurements and medicines management and administration and other activities related to the standards of proficiency for registered nurses.
  • Module aims: To consolidate previous learning in the Nursing programme related to numeracy and to enable students to achieve the required level of numeracy competency for entry on to the nursing register as required by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018) Standards for pre-registration nursing programmes.
• Practice Learning
  • Module content: Maintaining self-care including reflective practice, reasonable adjustments in practice (RAPP), emotional intelligence, resilience, healthy lifestyle choices and clinical supervision.
  • Module aims: To provide students with practice learning opportunities which provide a range of experiences across fields.
• 21st Century Nurse
  • Module content: Critically exploring contemporary compassionate care agenda, critically applying collaborative working strategies to provide creative current and future solutions to enhance practice.
  • Module aims: Critically apply knowledge and skills gained throughout the module to evidence personal and professional development for the 21st century.
• Extended Project
  • Module content: Strategic decision making for 21st century, the political impetus for strategic change 21st century healthcare.
  • Module aims: As part of the transition to registration, the module aims to develop the student’s critical appreciation of the steps involved in developing a proposal for strategic service improvement in order to enhance the delivery of care for the 21st century.
• Practice Ready
  • Module content: Transition to registration, developing a leadership role, intelligent kindness, compassionate leadership, change management.
  • Module aims: As part of the transition to registration, the module aims to prepare the student to be practice ready in preparation for twenty first century nursing.
• Practice Learning 3 Adult Nurse
  • Module content: Maintaining self-care including reflective practice, reasonable adjustments in practice (RAPP), emotional intelligence, resilience, healthy lifestyle choices and clinical supervision.
  • Module aims: To provide students with practice learning opportunities which provide a range of experiences across fields.
• Applied Sciences in Adult Field
  • Module content: Relevant anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, homeostasis and the application to field specific nursing.
  • Module aims: To apply knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, principles of pharmacology and how these are applied in field specific nursing practice.
• Person Centred Field Nursing (Adult)
  • Module content: Definitions and theories of person centred care & holistic care, historical context of person centred care.
  • Module aims: This module aims to explore person centred field nursing and will enable the learner to critically evaluate strategies to work effectively across the MDT / range of settings.

Who You’ll Learn From

• Dr Tracy Ross: Senior Lecturer
• Sean Baker: Senior Lecturer

How You'll Learn

• Teaching includes lectures, seminars, simulation, tutorials and technology enhanced learning
• Assessment is through coursework and exams
• This course is designed around in-person study
• There may be some online learning activities
• Learning occurs in both University and clinical practice

Beyond the Classroom

• There is an option to undertake a three-week negotiated practice learning experience in the course where students can have the option to explore global healthcare

Entry Requirements

• Home Students: An honours degree (2:1) is required, Maths and English at GCSE C/4 or recognised level 2 equivalent
• International Students: An honours degree (2:2) is required, Maths and English at GCSE C/4 or recognised level 2 equivalent
• Safeguarding / Suitability: All successful candidates who receive an offer of a place for this course and choose the University of Chester as their Firm choice will be required to undergo checks with regards to their suitability to practice

Where You'll Study

• Wheeler, Chester: Located within the lively city centre of Chester and overlooking the River Dee, Wheeler is home to most courses within Nursing and Midwifery, Health and Social Care, and Law
• Health and Social Care simulation suite: Our simulation suite emulates diverse healthcare spaces, ranging from a patient’s home and community clinic settings to acute care settings
• On-site library: Our on-site library has a variety of study spaces and IT facilities, in addition to book collections for Health and Medicine, Law and Policing
• Social spaces: Wheeler’s café and coffee shop serves hot and cold drinks, snacks, and delicious meals

Fees and Funding

• Home Students: £19,070 for the full course (2025/26)
• International Students: £15,000 per year (2025/26)
• Additional Costs: There will be a requirement to travel to clinical placements, Health Education England provide financial support for this
• Bursaries: The University of Chester supports fair access for students who may need additional support through a range of bursaries and scholarships

Your Future Career

• Job prospects: This course prepares you to work as a registered nurse in the field of Adult Nursing and allows you to register with the NMC (an internationally recognised regulator for nursing)
• Careers service: The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences
• Related courses: Pre-registration Mental Health Nursing MSc